Patents by Inventor Kai Gao
Kai Gao 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).
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Patent number: 11356612Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device, the electronic device defines a channel. A driving board is fixedly connected with a camera module, and an output shaft of a driving motor is mounted with a driving gear. A driven gear is meshed with both of the driving gear and a rack, a diameter of the driven gear is greater than a diameter of the driving gear. The driving motor can drive the driving board to move along a direction from the channel to the outside of the electronic device through the rotation of the driving gear and the rotation of the driven gear, thereby to drive the camera module from in the channel to the outside of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventors: Xiang Zhang, Zanjian Zeng, Kai Gao, Wuchun Zeng
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Publication number: 20220162475Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to compositions of a soft touch material, and methods of preparing the compositions thereof. The compositions are suitable for use in apparatuses such as wearable devices, e.g., in-ear earpieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Kai Gao, Shawn J. Prevoir
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Patent number: 11284858Abstract: A method for plane-wave or fan-beam ultrasound tomography includes: controlling, by a processor, a multi-channel ultrasound array controller to control a linear ultrasound transducer array to emit plane-wave or fan-beam ultrasound into a biological tissue, the linear ultrasound transducer array including a plurality of transducers; receiving, by the processor, plane-wave or fan-beam ultrasound waveform data from the transducers, the plane-wave or fan-beam ultrasound waveform data including reflections of the plane-wave or fan-beam ultrasound from the biological tissue; computing, by the processor, a synthetic ultrasound-waveform inversion from the received plane-wave or fan-beam ultrasound waveform data; and computing, by the processor, an image of the biological tissue from the synthetic ultrasound-waveform inversion.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Lianjie Huang, Kai Gao, Yunsong Huang
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Publication number: 20220070571Abstract: Various implementations include in-ear wearable audio devices. In certain implementations, the in-ear audio devices include an eartip with a body having first and second ends, an inner wall extending between the first and second ends defining a hollow passage to conduct acoustic energy, and a deformable outer wall connected to the inner wall of the body at the first end and tapering away from the inner wall toward the second end, where the deformable outer wall is functionally graded from the first end to the second end to comply with an entrance of an ear canal of a user. In additional implementations, the eartip includes a retaining structure, and at least one of the inner wall or the outer wall of the body, or the retaining structure, has an integral electronic component and/or an electronic component signal trace.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Binu K. Oommen, Kai Gao, Mark Richard Bergeron, Shawn Prevoir, Raymond O. England
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Patent number: 11196848Abstract: Provided are a terminal device and a camera assembly thereof. The camera assembly comprises a fixing support, a camera module, a driving mechanism and an operating mechanism, wherein the camera module is connected to the fixing support in a rotatable manner, the driving mechanism is provided between the camera module and the fixing support and is used for producing a rotation driving force for the camera module relative to the fixing support so as to drive the camera module to rotate, with a side of the camera module as the axis, in such a manner that the opposite side of the camera module rotates away from the fixing support; and the operating mechanism is fixed on the fixing support and is used for limiting a reset state position of the camera module.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN HEYTAP TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.Inventors: Zanjian Zeng, Kai Gao, Wuchun Zeng, Xiang Zhang
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Publication number: 20210314705Abstract: A wearable device including a body having one or more embedded electronic components, the body further including a thermoset material having a polymeric backbone with at least one urethane linkage and a glass transition temperature. At a first temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the body has an original shape. When the body is heated to a second temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature, the body is deformable from the original shape to a first shape and when the body is cooled to a third temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the first shape is maintained. The body is further configured to transition from the first shape to the original shape when the body is heated from the third temperature to a fourth temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Shawn Prevoir, Kai Gao
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Patent number: 10856069Abstract: A method of treating a wearable device to resist sebum, the method including providing a body having an elastic material having a polymeric backbone where a portion of the polymeric backbone is unsaturated and the body has an outer surface. The method further includes forming a crosslinked matrix within an outer layer of the body surrounding an inner layer of the body such that the outer layer has less affinity to sebum than the inner layer of the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Kai Gao, Shawn Prevoir
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Patent number: 10827246Abstract: A wearable audio device includes a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user. The body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear. The body comprises at least at a first portion proximate the upper region of the outer ear helix and a second portion proximate the otobasion inferius. At least one of the first and second portions of the body are configured to change shape upon application of a predetermined stimulus. An acoustic module is carried by the body and is configured to locate a sound-emitting opening proximate the user's ear when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Binu Oommen, David Fustino, John Benton, Prateek Nath, Kai Gao
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Publication number: 20200296293Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device, the electronic device defines a channel. A driving board is fixedly connected with a camera module, and an output shaft of a driving motor is mounted with a driving gear. A driven gear is meshed with both of the driving gear and a rack, a diameter of the driven gear is greater than a diameter of the driving gear. The driving motor can drive the driving board to move along a direction from the channel to the outside of the electronic device through the rotation of the driving gear and the rotation of the driven gear, thereby to drive the camera module from in the channel to the outside of the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Xiang ZHANG, Zanjian ZENG, Kai GAO, Wuchun ZENG
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Publication number: 20200296191Abstract: Provided are a terminal device and a camera assembly thereof. The camera assembly comprises a fixing support, a camera module, a driving mechanism and an operating mechanism, wherein the camera module is connected to the fixing support in a rotatable manner, the driving mechanism is provided between the camera module and the fixing support and is used for producing a rotation driving force for the camera module relative to the fixing support so as to drive the camera module to rotate, with a side of the camera module as the axis, in such a manner that the opposite side of the camera module rotates away from the fixing support; and the operating mechanism is fixed on the fixing support and is used for limiting a reset state position of the camera module.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Zanjian Zeng, Kai Gao, Wuchun Zeng, Xiang Zhang
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Patent number: 10715904Abstract: Headphone ear tips are made with an outer surface that changes its coefficient of friction. The outer surface is coated with photochromic compound, hierarchical microstructures, fibers formed through electrostatic flocking, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Shawn J. Prevoir, Kai Gao
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Patent number: 10698454Abstract: A camera assembly may include a fixed holder; a support means; a guiding rack, arranged on the fixed holder; a guiding gear rotatably arranged on the support means and movably engaged with the guiding rack; a camera module arranged on the support means and configured to move between a first position at which the camera module extends out of the fixed holder and a second position at which the camera module retracts into the fixed holder with movement of the support means; a chain device rotatable relative to the fixed holder; and a power device comprising an output end coupled to the chain device and configured to drive the chain device to rotate, such that the camera module moves between the first position and the second position. An electronic apparatus and a method for controlling a camera assembly of an electronic apparatus are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventors: Zanjian Zeng, Kai Gao, Wuchun Zeng, Xiang Zhang
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Publication number: 20200177987Abstract: A method of treating a wearable device to resist sebum, the method including providing a body having an elastic material having a polymeric backbone where a portion of the polymeric backbone is unsaturated and the body has an outer surface. The method further includes forming a crosslinked matrix within an outer layer of the body surrounding an inner layer of the body such that the outer layer has less affinity to sebum than the inner layer of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Kai Gao, Shawn Prevoir
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Patent number: 10645497Abstract: A method of treating a silicone component for an electro-acoustic driver, the method including: forming a body of an elastomeric material having a polymeric backbone, where a portion of the polymeric backbone includes alternating silicon and oxygen atoms without carbon atoms, the body having a front surface and a back surface where the front surface and the back surface have a first level of surface tack; and forming an outermost layer on or within at least one part of the front surface or the back surface, the outermost layer having a second level of surface tack that is less than the first level of surface tack. The outermost layer includes a permanent silicone coating applied on the front or back surface or an altered surface chemistry within the front or back surface generated using ultraviolent/ozone treatment.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Kai Gao, Shawn Prevoir, Alexander Irwin
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Patent number: 10619022Abstract: A wearable device including a body made of an elastic material having a polymeric backbone where a portion of the polymeric backbone is unsaturated. The body has an outer surface that is oxidized on at least one part with at least one functional group where the at least one part of the outer surface is more oleophobic than the body.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Shawn Prevoir, Kai Gao
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Patent number: 10623861Abstract: A wearable device including a body having one or more embedded electronic components, the body further including a thermoset material having a polymeric backbone with at least one urethane linkage and a glass transition temperature. At a first temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the body has an original shape. When the body is heated to a second temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature, the body is deformable from the original shape to a first shape and when the body is cooled to a third temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the first shape is maintained. The body is further configured to transition from the first shape to the original shape when the body is heated from the third temperature to a fourth temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Shawn Prevoir, Kai Gao
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Publication number: 20200077192Abstract: A wearable device including a body having one or more embedded electronic components, the body further including a thermoset material having a polymeric backbone with at least one urethane linkage and a glass transition temperature. At a first temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the body has an original shape. When the body is heated to a second temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature, the body is deformable from the original shape to a first shape and when the body is cooled to a third temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the first shape is maintained. The body is further configured to transition from the first shape to the original shape when the body is heated from the third temperature to a fourth temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Shawn Prevoir, Kai Gao
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Publication number: 20200059716Abstract: Headphone ear tips are made with an outer surface that changes its coefficient of friction. The outer surface is coated with photochromic compound, hierarchical microstructures, fibers formed through electrostatic flocking, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Shawn J. Prevoir, Kai Gao
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Patent number: 10506326Abstract: Headphone ear tips are made with an outer surface that changes its coefficient of friction. The outer surface is coated with photochromic compound, hierarchical microstructures, fibers formed through electrostatic flocking, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Shawn J. Prevoir, Kai Gao
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Publication number: 20190284358Abstract: A wearable device including a body made of an elastic material having a polymeric backbone where a portion of the polymeric backbone is unsaturated. The body has an outer surface that is oxidized on at least one part with at least one functional group where the at least one part of the outer surface is more oleophobic than the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Shawn Prevoir, Kai Gao