Patents by Inventor Fan Yi
Fan Yi 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: 20220342056Abstract: A ranging system includes: a source generating a wideband incident wave that is transmitted toward a target and that is reflected by the target to form a reflected wave; a feedback detector to detect the reflected wave to generate a detected signal; an operator configured to perform low-pass filtering on the detected signal at an adjustable filtering bandwidth to generate a filtered signal, and calculate cross-correlation of a feedback signal that originates from the filtered signal and a reference signal that corresponds to the incident wave to generate a cross-correlation result; and a controller calculating a distance to the target based on an operation output that originates from the cross-correlation result.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: National Tsing Hua UniversityInventors: Ping-Hsuan HSIEH, Fan-Yi LIN, Yi-Cheng LIN, Jun-Da CHEN
-
Patent number: 11476944Abstract: A multi-channel transmitter includes a light source, a pulse generator and a mode splitter. The light source generates a continuous source light wave with multiple modes that are different from each other in terms of wavelength and waveform. The pulse generator generates, based on the continuous source light wave, an intermediate light pulse with multiple modes that are different from each other in terms of wavelength and waveform. The mode splitter has a plurality of output terminals, and generates, based on the intermediate light pulse and respectively at the output terminals thereof, a plurality of output light pulses that respectively correspond to the modes of the intermediate light pulse.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Fan-Yi Lin, Chia-Chi Liu
-
Patent number: 11402511Abstract: A spectrally-resolved Raman water lidar, including: a transmitter unit, a receiver unit, and a data acquisition and control unit. The transmitter unit includes a seeder, a solid Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Nd:YAG) laser, a beam expander, and a first reflecting mirror to emit a 354.8-nm laser beam. The receiver unit includes a telescope, an iris, a collimator, a second reflecting mirror, a first bandpass filter, a beam splitter, a narrow-band interference filter, a third lens, a first detector, a second bandpass filter, a coupler and a home-made dual-grating polychromator to enable simultaneous profiling of backscattered Raman spectrum signals from water vapor, water droplets and ice crystals as well as aerosol fluorescence in the atmosphere. The data acquisition and control unit includes a computer to store the acquired data and guarantee an automatic operation of the lidar system through a time-sequence circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Fuchao Liu, Fan Yi, Yunpeng Zhang, Changming Yu, Ying Tan, Yujin He, Miao Weng, Yang Yi
-
Publication number: 20220057652Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ophthalmic devices such as ophthalmic lenses. An ophthalmic device may comprise an ophthalmic lens for at least one of slowing, retarding or preventing myopia progression. The ophthalmic lens may comprise a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile comprising an ADD power, the at least one treatment zone having a surface shape comprising a portion of a generally toroidal shape, wherein the at least one treatment zone is arranged as to form a continuous surface with the center zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Xu Cheng, Jaclyn V. Hernandez, Michael J. Collins, Brett A. Davis, Fan Yi, Derek Dean Nankivil
-
Publication number: 20210405200Abstract: The present application discloses a high-precision mapping method and device, which relates to the field of autonomous driving. A specific implementation includes: acquiring global initial poses of multiple point clouds, where the point clouds are point clouds of a location for which a map is to be built and are collected by a lidar using a multi-circle collection mode; dividing the multiple point clouds into multiple spatial submap graphs according to a spatial distribution relationship of the multiple point clouds; optimizing, for each spatial submap graph, global initial poses of point clouds belonging to the spatial submap graph to acquire global poses of the point clouds in each spatial submap graph; and stitching the multiple spatial submap graphs together according to global poses of the point clouds in the multiple spatial submap graphs to acquire a base graph of the map to be built.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2020Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Beijing Baidu Netcome Science Technology Co. Ltd.Inventors: Wendong DING, Fan YI, Li YU, Pengfei YUAN, Shiyu SONG
-
Publication number: 20210302435Abstract: Early detection of lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) including Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (MPS I) and Pompe Disease can greatly improve patient outcome as each disease can be fatal once symptoms emerge. Screening for MPS I and Pompe Disease using biological samples including dried blood spots (DBS), buccal swab, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), or white blood cells (WBCs) is described. The disclosed methods and assays provide a robust way to screen newborns for LSDs. The disclosed methods and assays can also allow rapid prediction of whether a patient with LSD will develop an immune response to enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), thus improving treatment for patients with LSDs. The disclosed methods and assays can also further reduce the number of false positives caused by pseudo deficiency cases of LSD, such as MPS I and Pompe Disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Seattle Children's Hospital d/b/a Seattle Children's Research InstituteInventors: Sihoun Hahn, Christopher Collins, Remwilyn Dayuha, Fan Yi
-
Publication number: 20210285965Abstract: Clinical diagnosis and newborn screening for primary immunodeficiencies (PIDDs) is described. The PIDDs include X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (X-CGD), X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP1; SH2D1A deficiency), familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis 2 (FHL2), ataxia telangiectasia (AT), common variable immunodeficiency (CVID; B-cell dysfunctions), severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency, and dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCKS) deficiency. Additionally, cell specific markers for platelets (CD42), natural killer (NK) cells (CD56), and T cells (CD3epsilon and CD3delta) can be used as secondary markers to provide support for diagnosis of disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Seattle Children's Hospital d/b/a Seattle Children's Research InstituteInventors: Sihoun Hahn, Christopher Collins, Remwilyn Dayuha, Fan Yi
-
Patent number: 11090696Abstract: A method includes introducing ozone toward a photoresist layer over a substrate. The ozone is decomposed into dioxygen and first atomic oxygen. The dioxygen is decomposed into second atomic oxygen. The first atomic oxygen and the second atomic oxygen are reacted with the photoresist layer. An apparatus that performs the method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Jui-Chuan Chang, Shao-Yen Ku, Wen-Chang Tsai, Shang-Yuan Yu, Chien-Wen Hsiao, Fan-Yi Hsu
-
Publication number: 20210223747Abstract: The invention provides a dynamic positioning and thrust distribution method based on an artificial neural network, is a quadratic programming problem in the optimization problem, and can compute the thrust coefficient of a rear thruster in a constraint condition of a thrust distribution problem by taking into account of the corner of a front thruster and through the artificial neural network. Then the optimization problem enabling the power of the thruster to be minimized is solved according to a sequential quadratic programming algorithm, so that a thrust distribution scheme on the azimuth thrusters is obtained. Meanwhile the invention further provides a dynamic positioning and thrust distribution device based on an artificial neural network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Lei WANG, Bo LI, Fan YI, Xuefeng WANG, Huacheng HE, Licheng QIN
-
Patent number: 11061255Abstract: Contact lenses incorporating an array of non-coaxial lenslets with add power that create non-coaxial myopic defocus within the optic zone of the lens may be utilized to prevent and/or slow myopia progression. The positive, non-coaxial lenslets cover about twenty to eighty percent of the central pupil area to deliver positive foci of light in front of the retina to slow the rate of myopia progression.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Manwai Charis Lau, Noel Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael Collins, Brett Davis, Eric R. Ritchey, Fan Yi
-
Publication number: 20210191156Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ophthalmic devices such as ophthalmic lenses. An ophthalmic device may comprise an ophthalmic lens for at least one of slowing, retarding or preventing myopia progression. The ophthalmic lens may comprise a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile comprising an ADD power, the at least one treatment zone having a surface shape comprising a portion of a generally toroidal shape, wherein the at least one treatment zone is arranged as to form a continuous surface with the center zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Xu Cheng, Jaclyn V. Hernandez, Michael J. Collins, Brett A. Davis, Fan Yi, Derek Dean Nankivil
-
Publication number: 20210191155Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ophthalmic devices such as ophthalmic lenses. An ophthalmic device may comprise an ophthalmic lens for at least one of slowing, retarding or preventing myopia progression. The ophthalmic lens may comprise a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile comprising an ADD power, the at least one treatment zone having a surface shape comprising a portion of a generally toroidal shape, wherein the at least one treatment zone is arranged as to form a continuous surface with the center zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Xu Cheng, Jaclyn V. Hernandez, Michael J. Collins, Brett A. Davis, Fan Yi, Derek Dean Nankivil
-
Patent number: 11006358Abstract: A data transmission coordination system and a method thereof are provided. In the method, multiple terminal devices are grouped into a first sub-group and a second sub-group. The first and the second sub-groups respectively include at least one of the terminal devices and have different data transmission modes for uploading data. The power consumption of the data transmission mode of the first sub-group is higher than that of the second sub-group. In response to the first terminal device of the sub-group conforming to a replacement condition, a second terminal device of the second sub-group replaces the first terminal device, so that the first sub-group includes the second terminal device. The replaced first terminal device is associated to the second sub-group or not able to transmit depending on an operation situation. Accordingly, a whole lifetime of the system is increased.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Sercomm CorporationInventors: Fan-Yi Kuan, Hsin-An Hou
-
Patent number: 10964383Abstract: A memory driving device includes a first switch, a voltage detecting circuit, and a switch array. The first switch includes a first output terminal and a first control terminal, and the first output terminal provides an output voltage for a memory unit. The voltage detecting circuit is coupled to the first output terminal, and configured to detect the output voltage, and generates a control signal according to the output voltage, wherein the control signal changes in real time according to the changing of the output voltage. The switch array includes a plurality of second switches, and the second switches are coupled to the first control terminal. At least one of the second switches is turned on according to the control signal so as to adjust a voltage of the first control terminal for regulating a waveform of the output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: Jiangsu Advanced Memory Technology Co., Ltd., ALTO MEMORY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Jui-Jen Wu, Fan-Yi Jien
-
Patent number: 10901237Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ophthalmic devices such as ophthalmic lenses. An ophthalmic device may comprise an ophthalmic lens for at least one of slowing, retarding or preventing myopia progression. The ophthalmic lens may comprise a center zone with a negative power for myopic vision correction; and at least one treatment zone surrounding the center zone, the at least one treatment zone having a power profile comprising an ADD power, the at least one treatment zone having a surface shape comprising a portion of a generally toroidal shape, wherein the at least one treatment zone is arranged as to form a continuous surface with the center zone.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Xu Cheng, Jaclyn V. Hernandez, Michael J. Collins, Brett A. Davis, Fan Yi, Derek Dean Nankivil
-
Patent number: 10877294Abstract: Contact lenses incorporating an array of non-coaxial lenslets with add power that create non-coaxial myopic defocus within the optic zone of the lens may be utilized to prevent and/or slow myopia progression. The positive, non-coaxial lenslets cover about twenty to eighty percent of the central pupil area to deliver positive foci of light in front of the retina to slow the rate of myopia progression.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Manwai Charis Lau, Noel Brennan, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael Collins, Brett Davis, Eric R. Ritchey, Fan Yi
-
Patent number: 10859857Abstract: Ophthalmic lenses incorporate multifocal properties for the purpose of slowing, retarding, controlling or preventing myopia development or progression, correcting presbyopic vision or allowing extended depth of focus. The lens has electronically controlled adjustable focus where the change in focus oscillates so rapidly that it is imperceptible to human vision.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Noel A. Brennan, Salvatore Caldarise, Khaled Chehab, Xu Cheng, Michael J. Collins, Brett A. Davis, Jaclyn Hernandez, Adam Toner, Fan Yi
-
Patent number: 10770121Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array, write drivers and a controller. The memory array includes a plurality of memory units respectively arranged in a plurality of bit lines. The write drivers generate a plurality of write bit signals respectively inputted to the bit lines. The controller provides a voltage mode control signal and a current mode control signal. The controller is electrically coupled to the write drivers. Each of the write drivers generates a respective write bit signal of each of the write drivers according to the voltage mode control signal and the current mode control signal. When each of the memory units is in a set state, the controller outputs the voltage mode control signal and the current mode control signal to the write drivers. When each of the memory units is in a reset state, the controller outputs the voltage mode control signal to the write drivers.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignees: JIANGSU ADVANCED MEMORY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., ALTO MEMORY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Fan-Yi Jien, Jui-Jen Wu, Junhua Zheng, Chengyu Xu
-
Publication number: 20200273505Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array, write drivers and a controller. The memory array includes a plurality of memory units respectively arranged in a plurality of bit lines. The write drivers generate a plurality of write bit signals respectively inputted to the bit lines. The controller provides a voltage mode control signal and a current mode control signal. The controller is electrically coupled to the write drivers. Each of the write drivers generates a respective write bit signal of each of the write drivers according to the voltage mode control signal and the current mode control signal. When each of the memory units is in a set state, the controller outputs the voltage mode control signal and the current mode control signal to the write drivers. When each of the memory units is in a reset state, the controller outputs the voltage mode control signal to the write drivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Fan-Yi JIEN, Jui-Jen WU, JUNHUA ZHENG, CHENGYU XU
-
Publication number: 20200219563Abstract: A memory driving device includes a first switch, a voltage detecting circuit, and a switch array. The first switch includes a first output terminal and a first control terminal, and the first output terminal provides an output voltage for a memory unit. The voltage detecting circuit is coupled to the first output terminal, and configured to detect the output voltage, and generates a control signal according to the output voltage, wherein the control signal changes in real time according to the changing of the output voltage. The switch array includes a plurality of second switches, and the second switches are coupled to the first control terminal. At least one of the second switches is turned on according to the control signal so as to adjust a voltage of the first control terminal for regulating a waveform of the output voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Jui-Jen WU, Fan-Yi JIEN