Patents by Inventor Chen Bao

Chen Bao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240196762
    Abstract: A memory device includes a substrate, a transistor disposed over the substrate, an interconnect structure disposed over and electrically connected to the transistor, and a memory stack disposed between two adjacent metallization layers of the interconnect structure. The memory stack includes a bottom electrode disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to a bit line, a memory layer disposed over the bottom electrode, a selector layer disposed over the memory layer, and a top electrode disposed over the selector layer and electrically connected to a word line. Besides, at least one moisture-resistant layer is provided adjacent to and in physical contact with the selector layer, and the at least one moisture-resistant layer includes an amorphous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Feng Hsu, Chien-Min Lee, Tung-Ying Lee, Cheng-Hsien Wu, Hengyuan Lee, Xinyu BAO
  • Patent number: 11976061
    Abstract: Invented are compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof, which are DGAT2 inhibitors. Also provided are methods of making compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, and methods of using these compounds to treat hepatic steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis, type-2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, cognitive decline, dementia, cardiorenal diseases such as chronic kidney diseases and heart failure and related diseases and conditions, comprising administering a compound of Formula I to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme, LLC
    Inventors: Yeon-Hee Lim, Eric R. Ashley, Jianming Bao, Chen Cheng, James P. Roane, Emma Helen Southgate
  • Publication number: 20240140938
    Abstract: Invented are compounds of formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof, which are DGAT2 inhibitors. Also provided are methods of making compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, and methods of using these compounds to treat hepatic steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis, type-2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, cognitive decline, dementia, cardiorenal diseases such as chronic kidney diseases and heart failure and related diseases and conditions, comprising administering a compound of Formula I to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Jianming Bao, Chen Cheng, Faben A. Cruz, Yeon-Hee Lim, Cedric L. Hugelshofer, Jinlong Jiang, Victor W. Mak, Emma Helen Southgate
  • Patent number: 11964692
    Abstract: A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a controller executing an initial alignment process including searching for a trailer within a specified area of image data that is less than a total field of the image data in directions corresponding with both a longitudinal distance between the vehicle and the trailer and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal distance, presenting an indication to a driver of the vehicle to reposition the vehicle when the trailer is not identified within the specified area, and removing the indication when the trailer is identified within the specified area. The controller further executes an automated backing process upon identifying the trailer within the specified area, including identifying a coupler of the trailer and outputting a steering signal to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to steer to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler of the trailer during reversing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Niewiadomski, Douglas Rogan, Shannon Brooks-Lehnert, Chen Zhang, Roger Arnold Trombley, Peter Ling, Kenneth Michael Mayer, Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Bo Bao, Steven Wayne Friedlander
  • Publication number: 20240127860
    Abstract: Provided are an audio/video processing method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: displaying text data corresponding to an audio/video to be edited, wherein the text data has a mapping relation with an audio/video timestamp of said audio/video; displaying said audio/video according to a time axis track; in response to a preset operation triggered for target text data in the text data, determining an audio/video timestamp corresponding to the target text data as a target audio/video timestamp; and processing, on the basis of the preset operation, an audio/video clip corresponding to the target audio/video timestamp in said audio/video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Weiming ZHENG, Cheng LI, Xuelun FU, Yixiu HUANG, Rui XIA, Xin ZHENG, Lin BAO, Weisi WANG, Chen DING
  • Patent number: 11944019
    Abstract: A memory device includes a substrate, a transistor disposed over the substrate, an interconnect structure disposed over and electrically connected to the transistor, and a memory stack disposed between two adjacent metallization layers of the interconnect structure. The memory stack includes a bottom electrode disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to a bit line, a memory layer disposed over the bottom electrode, a selector layer disposed over the memory layer, and a top electrode disposed over the selector layer and electrically connected to a word line. Besides, at least one moisture-resistant layer is provided adjacent to and in physical contact with the selector layer, and the at least one moisture-resistant layer includes an amorphous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Feng Hsu, Chien-Min Lee, Tung-Ying Lee, Cheng-Hsien Wu, Hengyuan Lee, Xinyu Bao
  • Publication number: 20240074337
    Abstract: A memory device includes a substrate, a bottom electrode disposed over the substrate, a top electrode disposed over the bottom electrode, and a phase change layer disposed between the top electrode and bottom electrode. The phase change layer includes a GeSbTe material that contains a Ge content of about 20 at % or less, a Sb content of about 30 at % or more, and a Te content of about 40 at % at or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hengyuan Lee, Cheng-Chun Chang, Chen-Feng Hsu, Tung-Ying Lee, Xinyu BAO
  • Publication number: 20230339441
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for variable actuation and release of a vehicle's brake hold mechanism/function. A brake hold device may be implemented as a “tuner” or controller that can connect to and override, e.g., the default functionality of an existing brake hold mechanism of a vehicle. Delays in exiting a brake hold state, repetitive actuation of an accelerator to exit a brake hold state, and other shortcomings associated with the conventional operation of brake hold mechanisms may be avoided by taking into account relevant vehicle operating conditions or environmental/road/traffic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: YITING LIU, HIROFUMI YAMAMOTO, CHEN BAO
  • Publication number: 20230322273
    Abstract: A method for managing autonomous operation of a vehicle includes detecting, while the vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode, an assistance condition that triggers activation of an assistance component of a set of assistance components associated with a driver assistance system. The method also includes determining whether the operation of the vehicle in the autonomous mode satisfies a safety condition associated with the assistance component. The method further includes adjusting an activation signal that triggers the activation of the assistance component based on determining the operation of the vehicle in the autonomous mode satisfies the safety condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Yiting LIU, Hirofumi YAMAMOTO, Chen BAO, Thomas JOHNSTON, Kazunori NIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230294699
    Abstract: A method for controlling an acceleration rate of a vehicle includes monitoring a first current speed and a first acceleration rate of the vehicle based on the vehicle moving from a standstill. The method also includes setting an initial target acceleration rate to an adjusted target acceleration rate based on the first acceleration rate satisfying a first acceleration adjustment condition and the first current speed satisfying a second acceleration adjustment condition. The method further includes monitoring a second acceleration rate and a second current acceleration rate of the vehicle based on setting the initial target acceleration rate to the adjusted target acceleration rate. The method still further includes setting the adjusted target acceleration rate to the initial target acceleration rate based on the second acceleration rate satisfying a first target acceleration condition or the second current speed satisfying a second target acceleration condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Yiting LIU, Hirofumi YAMAMOTO, Chen BAO
  • Patent number: 10850739
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle automatically implements an intention aware lane change with a safety guaranteed lane biased strategy. To make a lane change, the autonomous vehicle first navigates within the current lane to near the edge of the current lane, to a position offset by a bias. By navigating to the edge of the lane, the autonomous vehicle provides a physical and virtual notification, in addition to a turn signal, that it is the intention of the vehicle to change into the lane adjacent to the edge of the lane in which the vehicle has navigated to. After performing a safety check and waiting for a minimum period of time during which vehicles in the adjacent lane can be assumed to have been warned or been put on notice of the lane change, the autonomous vehicle navigates into the adjacent lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SF Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Jhenghao Chen, Chen Bao, Fan Wang, Yifan Tang
  • Publication number: 20200331476
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle automatically implements a lane change in dense traffic condition. A minimum distance gap between the vehicle and a vehicle in front of the present vehicle is calculated for an autonomous vehicle, along with a best trajectory for changing lanes into a left adjacent lane or changing lanes into a right adjacent lane. The left or right lane change is triggered by the driver or the global planner that navigates the vehicle. During the next cycle, pre-calculated information is utilized by a planning module to determine the final speed of the trajectory to complete the final planning trajectory for the lane change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicants: Chongqing Jinkang New Energy Vehicle, Ltd., SF Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Jhenghao Chen, Chen Bao, Fan Wang, Yifan Tang
  • Publication number: 20200207353
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle automatically implements an intention aware lane change with a safety guaranteed lane biased strategy. To make a lane change, the autonomous vehicle first navigates within the current lane to near the edge of the current lane, to a position offset by a bias. By navigating to the edge of the lane, the autonomous vehicle provides a physical and virtual notification, in addition to a turn signal, that it is the intention of the vehicle to change into the lane adjacent to the edge of the lane in which the vehicle has navigated to. After performing a safety check and waiting for a minimum period of time during which vehicles in the adjacent lane can be assumed to have been warned or been put on notice of the lane change, the autonomous vehicle navigates into the adjacent lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: Chongqing Jinkang New Energy Vehicle, Ltd., SF Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Jhenghao Chen, Chen Bao, Fan Wang, Yifan Tang
  • Publication number: 20200209874
    Abstract: A combined virtual and real environment for autonomous vehicle planning and control testing. An autonomous vehicle is operated in a real environment where a planning module and control module operate to plan and execute vehicle navigation. Simulated environment elements, including simulated image and video detected objects, simulated radar detected objects, simulated lane lines, and other simulated elements detectable by radar, lidar, camera, and any other vehicle perception systems, are received along with real-world detected elements. The simulated and real-world elements are combined and processed to by the autonomous vehicle data processing system. Once processed, the autonomous vehicle plans and executes navigation based on mixed real-world and simulated data in the same way. By adding simulated data to real data, the autonomous vehicle systems may be tested in hypothetical situations in a real-world environment and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: Chongqing Jinkang New Energy Vehicle, Ltd., SF Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Jhenghao Chen, Fan Wang, Yifan Tang, Chen Bao
  • Publication number: 20200213486
    Abstract: A system for capturing and processing an image in a camera system for a vehicle includes a camera module with a lens and a sensor, an image signal processor, a control unit, and an infrared elimination mechanism. The system may include at least one infrared illuminator. In normal light conditions, the infrared portion of the light is not used. The system may include an IR-cut filter disposed within the camera module that is moveable between a filtered position where infrared light is blocked before reaching an RGB sensor in normal light conditions and an unfiltered position where all of the light reaches the RGB sensor in low light conditions. The system may include an RGB-IR sensor without a filter, and the infrared portion captured at the sensor is ignored in normal light conditions and, in low light conditions, the infrared portion is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Peicong Liu, Chen Bao, Avery Jutkowitz, Liu He