Patents by Inventor Chunmei Liu

Chunmei Liu 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).

  • Patent number: 11274340
    Abstract: Methods, compositions and kits for capturing, detecting and quantifying mature small RNAs are provided herein. Embodiments of the methods comprise tailing both the 5? and 3? ends of mature small RNA by ligating a 5? ligation adaptor to the 5? end and polyadenylating the 3? end. Other embodiments comprise reverse transcribing the adaptor ligated, polyadenylated mature small RNA with a universal reverse transcription primer and amplifying the cDNA with universal primers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chunmei Liu, Shoulian Dong, Linda Wong
  • Patent number: 11277564
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for compensating for image quality of an optical system by means of a lens adjustment, applicable to a camera module comprising an adjustable lens or an adjustable lens set, the method comprising the following steps: (A) determining, based on imaging information of a to-be-adjusted optical system, parameters that need to be adjusted for compensating for the image quality; (B) establishing functions of relation between the parameters that need to be adjusted for compensating for the image quality and a to-be-adjusted lens factors; and (C) determining an adjustment mode and an adjustment amount for the to-be-adjusted lens based on the relation between the parameters that need to be adjusted for compensating for the image quality and the to-be-adjusted lens factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Chunmei Liu, Hailong Liao, Yiqi Wang, Huaigang Zhuang, Nan Guo
  • Patent number: 11208688
    Abstract: Methods, compositions and kits for capturing, detecting and quantifying mature small RNAs are provided herein. Embodiments of the methods comprise ligating 5? and 3? ligation adaptors to the 5? and 3? ends of the mature small RNAs, respectively, in the presence of 5? and 3? semi-degenerate ligation splints to generate a ligation product. Other embodiments comprise reverse transcribing polyadenylated mature small RNA with a universal reverse transcription primer and ligating an adaptor to the 3? end of the cDNA in the presence of a semi-degenerate ligation splint to generate a cDNA ligation product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Linda Wong, Caifu Chen, Yalei Wu, Shoulian Dong, Chunmei Liu
  • Publication number: 20210382270
    Abstract: The present application provides an optical zoom camera module, including: at least two camera module components and glue material; each of the at least two camera module components has at least one lens group, and each lens group includes at least one lens, all of the lens groups of the at least two camera module components together constitute an imagable optical system, and wherein at least two of the lens groups are a movable lens group, and the at least two movable lens groups are respectively fixed with different motor carriers, so as to move separately under the driving of a motor; and the cured glue material fixes and supports the at least two camera module components, so that relative positions of the at least two camera modules are maintained at relative positions determined by an active alignment. The application also provides a corresponding method for assembling the optical zoom camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingzhu WANG, Takehiko TANAKA, Yinli FANG, Chunmei LIU
  • Publication number: 20210333503
    Abstract: The present application provides an optical lens, comprising: a first lens component, a second lens component and a first glue material. A first lens sheet group of the first lens component and a second lens sheet group of the second lens component together constitutes an imageable optical system, wherein a second lens barrel of the second lens component has an outer top surface and an inner top surface, and the second lens sheet group bears against the inner top surface. The outer top surface comprises a glue spreading surface suitable for arranging the first glue material and an extension surface formed by extending from the glue spreading surface to a central axis of the second lens barrel, there is a first thickness from the glue spreading surface to the inner top surface, there is a second thickness from the extension surface to the inner top surface, and the first thickness is greater than the second thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiko TANAKA, Liefeng CHEN, Lin LIU, Chunmei LIU
  • Publication number: 20210278622
    Abstract: A multi-group lens assembly includes a plurality of lens group units and at least one assembly structure. The assembly structure is for assembling two adjacent lens group units. Lenses in the lens group units are made of any two or three of a glass material, a resin material, and a glass-resin composite material. Alternatively, the lenses are made of only the glass-resin composite material. The lenses can be assembled and adjusted easily and conveniently and have high pixel densities and small TTLs, thereby improving user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Chunmei LIU, Mingzhu WANG, Zhenyu CHEN, Nan GUO
  • Patent number: 11099353
    Abstract: An adjustable optical lens and camera module, and manufacturing method and applications thereof is disclosed. The camera module includes an optical sensor and an adjustable optical lens. The adjustable optical lens includes an optical structural member and at least two lenses, wherein each of the lenses is arranged in an internal space of the optical structural member. Along a vertical direction of the optical structural member, at least one lens is adapted to be adjustably pre-mounted to an internal space of the optical structural member serving as an adjustable lens. The side wall of the optical structural member is provided with at least one adjustment channel, which is positioned corresponding to the adjustable lens, so that an assembling position of the adjustable lens can be adjusted through the adjustment channel so as to align a central axis line of the adjustable optical lens with a central axis line of the optical sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Bojie Zhao, Heng Jiang, Liang Ding, Feifan Chen, Chunmei Liu, Nan Guo, Shoujie Wang
  • Publication number: 20210136357
    Abstract: A 3D test chart, an adjusting arrangement, a forming method, and an adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The 3D test chart provides a plurality of test patterns arranged at different depths. When testing a photographic arrangement, the photographic arrangement is only required to move for one time or even does not need to be moved, so as to obtain an image containing information of different depths, so that the testing and adjusting process of the photographic arrangement can be easily achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Mingzhu WANG, Baozhong ZHANG, Chunmei LIU
  • Publication number: 20210132318
    Abstract: An adjustable optical lens and camera module and manufacturing method thereof are provided, wherein the camera module includes an optical sensor and an adjustable optical lens. The adjustable optical lens, which is arranged in a photosensitive path of the optical sensor, includes an optical structural member and at least two lenses. Each of the lens is arranged in an internal space of the optical structural member along an axial direction of the optical structural member, wherein before packaging the adjustable optical lens and the optical sensor, at least one position of the lens in the internal space of the optical structural member is able to be adjusted, so that a central axis line of the adjustable optical lens and a central axis line of the optical sensor are coincided, so as to improve the image quality of the camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Mingzhu WANG, Bojie ZHAO, Liang DING, Chunmei LIU, Feifan CHEN, Nan GUO, Heng JIANG
  • Patent number: 10996422
    Abstract: A method for assembling a camera module includes arranging a first sub-lens assembly and a photosensitive assembly on an optical axis of a second sub-lens assembly to form an optical system capable of imaging. The method includes increasing an actual measured resolution of imaging of the optical system to a first threshold by adjusting a relative position of the first sub-lens assembly with respect to the second sub-lens assembly. The method includes decreasing an actual measured image plane inclination of imaging of the optical system, obtained by using the photosensitive element, to a second threshold by adjusting an angle of an axis of the photosensitive assembly with respect to a central axis of the second sub-lens assembly. The method includes connecting the first sub-lens assembly, the second sub-lens assembly, and the photosensitive assembly. A corresponding camera module is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Hailong Liao, Yiqi Wang, Chunmei Liu, Shuijia Chu
  • Patent number: 10986634
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems to facilitate management of carriers to help ensure QoS for single-carrier UEs. In particular, a base station may serve one or more first user equipment devices (UEs) on just a first carrier. While doing so, the base station may determine that each of the one or more first UEs being served on just the first carrier is receiving threshold low quality of service from the base station on the first carrier. Responsive to this determining, the base station may (i) select one or more second UEs based on the one or more second UEs being served by the base station on both the first carrier and one or more other carriers and (ii) discontinue serving each selected second UE on the first carrier while continuing to serve each selected second UE on one or more other carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Chunmei Liu, Pratik Kothari, Hemanth B. Pawar, Krishna Sitaram
  • Patent number: 10976514
    Abstract: An adjustable optical lens and camera module and manufacturing method thereof are provided, wherein the camera module includes an optical sensor and an adjustable optical lens. The adjustable optical lens, which is arranged in a photosensitive path of the optical sensor, includes an optical structural member and at least two lenses. Each of the lens is arranged in an internal space of the optical structural member along an axial direction of the optical structural member, wherein before packaging the adjustable optical lens and the optical sensor, at least one position of the lens in the internal space of the optical structural member is able to be adjusted, so that a central axis line of the adjustable optical lens and a central axis line of the optical sensor are coincided, so as to improve the image quality of the camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Bojie Zhao, Liang Ding, Chunmei Liu, Feifan Chen, Nan Guo, Heng Jiang
  • Patent number: 10954553
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel primers and method for the detection of specific nucleic acid sequences. The primers and methods provided herein are useful in a wide variety of molecular biology applications and are particularly useful in allele-specific PCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoulian Dong, Chunmei Liu
  • Patent number: 10928605
    Abstract: An adjustable optical lens and camera module and manufacturing method thereof are provided, wherein the camera module includes an optical sensor and an adjustable optical lens. The adjustable optical lens, which is arranged in a photosensitive path of the optical sensor, includes an optical structural member and at least two lenses. Each of the lens is arranged in an internal space of the optical structural member along an axial direction of the optical structural member, wherein before packaging the adjustable optical lens and the optical sensor, at least one position of the lens in the internal space of the optical structural member is able to be adjusted, so that a central axis line of the adjustable optical lens and a central axis line of the optical sensor are coincided, so as to improve the image quality of the camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Bojie Zhao, Liang Ding, Chunmei Liu, Feifan Chen, Nan Guo, Heng Jiang
  • Patent number: 10917635
    Abstract: A 3D test chart, an adjusting arrangement, a forming method, and an adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The 3D test chart provides a plurality of test patterns arranged at different depths. When testing a photographic arrangement, the photographic arrangement is only required to move for one time or even does not need to be moved, so as to obtain an image containing information of different depths, so that the testing and adjusting process of the photographic arrangement can be easily achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Baozhong Zhang, Chunmei Liu
  • Patent number: 10904771
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and corresponding apparatus to help manage wireless communication between a base station and a device served by the base. In accordance with the disclosure, when a base station transitions from serving the device on just a first carrier to serving the device on a combination of the first carrier and a second carrier, the base station will responsively take action to improve downlink communication to the device on the first carrier. In particular, the base station will respond to the occurrence of that transition by starting to beamform downlink transmission to the device on the first carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Hemanth B. Pawar, Shilpa Kowdley Srinivas, Krishna Sitaram, Chunmei Liu
  • Publication number: 20210002717
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel primers and method for the detection of specific nucleic acid sequences. The primers and methods provided herein are useful in a wide variety of molecular biology applications and are particularly useful in allele-specific PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Shoulian DONG, Chunmei LIU
  • Publication number: 20200409014
    Abstract: An adjustable optical lens, a camera module and an aligning method thereof are disclosed. The adjustable optical lens includes at least one lens element and an optical structure element. Each of the lens elements is successively and overlappingly arranged in an photosensitive apparatus of the optical structure element, wherein at least one of the lens elements is configured as an adjustable lens element whose assemble position is adjustable. The optical structure element has at least one adjusting channel and at least one fixing channel for adjusting and fixing the adjustable lens element respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Mingzhu WANG, Bojie ZHAO, Liang DING, Chunmei LIU, Feifan CHEN, Nan GUO
  • Patent number: 10880224
    Abstract: A voice coding rate is selected for a voice call involving a user equipment (UE) device based on an air interface efficiency of the base station serving the UE device. The air interface efficiency of the base station is determined based on at least one of (i) a beamforming capability of the base station, (ii) a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) capability of the base station, or (iii) an antenna configuration of the base station. The voice coding rate could be selected by either the UE device or by the base station. The UE device transmits to the base station during the voice call one or more voice frames that convey voice data coded at the selected voice coding rate. During the voice call, a new air interface efficiency may be determined, and a new voice coding rate may be selected based on the new air interface efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Hemanth B. Pawar, Shilpa Kowdley Srinivas, Krishna Sitaram, Chunmei Liu, Pratik Kothari
  • Publication number: 20200355984
    Abstract: A split lens assembly module, comprising: a focusing mechanism; and a lens assembly, wherein the lens assembly comprises at least two optical lenses, at least one lens barrel member and a bearing structure, each of the at least one lens barrel member holds at least one optical lens to form at least one to-be-adjusted lens assembly, the bearing structure holds at least one optical lens to form a fixing lens assembly, the to-be-adjusted lens assembly is pre-assembled on the fixing lens assembly, the to-be-adjusted lens assembly is suitable for being adjusted relative to an assembly position of the fixing lens assembly, the fixing lens assembly is mounted inside the focusing mechanism through the bearing structure, and moves as the focusing mechanism is powered on, which is suitable for focusing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Mingzhu WANG, Heng JIANG, Feifan CHEN, Chunmei LIU, Nan GUO, Hong LI, Bojie ZHAO, Liang DING