Patents by Inventor Lin Liu

Lin 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).

  • Publication number: 20240095141
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for displaying an information flow on a terminal device, an electronic device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product are provided. An implementation is: in response to detecting an activation operation on an application for displaying the information flow, reproducing, on the terminal device, a first page displayed on the terminal device when the application is last switched to running in the background or closed; and in response to determining that a time interval between the activation operation and the application being last switched to running in the background or closed does not exceed a first threshold, displaying a second page as a continuation of a content entry displayed in the first page, where the second page includes at least one first content entry cached in the terminal device before the activation operation but not displayed in the first page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yifan ZHANG, Yuqi WANG, Linfei CHU, Jing NING, Kunjie SUN, Yuhang ZHENG, Naifei SONG, Shujuan ZHANG, Lin LIU, Xunzhuo JU, Zhengwei CHEN, Wei ZHANG, Hua ZHANG, Congjun ZHOU, Tingkang WU, Tengfei LV, Hanmeng LIU, Lei WANG
  • Publication number: 20240096971
    Abstract: A method including providing a device including a gate structure and a source/drain feature adjacent to the gate structure. An insulating layer (e.g., CESL, ILD) is formed over the source/drain feature. A trench is etched in the insulating layer to expose a surface of the source/drain feature. A semiconductor material is then formed in the etched trench on the surface of the source/drain feature. The semiconductor material is converted to a silicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Xusheng WU, Chang-Miao LIU, Ying-Keung LEUNG, Huiling SHANG, Youbo LIN
  • Publication number: 20240094700
    Abstract: A reshaping method for metal product includes acquiring position data information of a workpiece; converting the position data information into coordinate information, and fitting the coordinate information to obtain a surface contour curve of the workpiece; comparing the surface contour curve with a standard contour curve to generate a comparison result; obtaining reshaping information of the workpiece based on the comparison result; and controlling the reshaping system to reshape the workpiece. The disclosure acquires position data information of the workpiece by measuring, converts the position data information into coordinate information, fits the coordinate information to obtain the surface contour curve of the workpiece, compares the surface contour curve with the standard contour curve to obtain deformation situation, and reshapes the workpiece according to the reshaping information based on the deformation situation, which improves efficiency of workpiece reshaping and reducing labor costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: YU XIA, JI-CHAO XU, LIN-FEI QIU, JIAN-GUANG GAO, FENG LIU, XIN-ZHI WANG
  • Publication number: 20240097849
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device used in communication node for wireless communication. The communication node first receives first information on a first carrier, the first information being used for determining a first time interval; then receives a first reference signal in a first time window on a second carrier; the first time window is one of X time windows; each of the X time windows belongs to the first time interval, X being a positive integer greater than 1; at least one of a physical-cell identifier to which a transmitter of the first reference signal belongs, a position of frequency-domain resources occupied by the first reference signal in frequency domain or a position of the first time interval in time domain is used for determining the first time window out of the X time windows. The present disclosure reduces interference and overhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zheng LIU, Xiaobo ZHANG, Lin YANG
  • Publication number: 20240098319
    Abstract: In a real-time video transmission system for a cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on an adaptive bitrate provided by the present disclosure, an on-board computer is loaded and configured on the UAV, such that the UAV can provide multiple video streams with different bitrates for retrieval. A client with a bitrate adaptation unit is set up, allowing the system to adjust the bitrate of the video stream according to network conditions in each time interval. Intranet penetration and port mapping are implemented on the cloud server, enabling the client to obtain, from the cloud server, the real-time video stream captured by the UAV. The present disclosure allows a remote user to watch, through a cellular network, the real-time video stream captured by the UAV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Jingjing LUO, Xin LIU, Fu-chun ZHENG, Lin GAO, Qinyu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240091334
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a combined vaccine against human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and a method thereof for inducing immune response. The combined vaccine includes; a first composition including an immunologically effective dosage of a replication-deficient human adenovirus type 26 vector contains a nucleotide encoding an antigenic protein of RSV and a pharmaceutically acceptable vector; and a second composition including an immunologically effective dosage of a replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus type 63 vector contains a nucleotide encoding an antigenic protein of RSV and a pharmaceutically acceptable vector. The first composition is a primary immunization composition and the second composition is a booster immunization composition, or vice versa. In the present disclosure, the combined vaccine is used for inducing a protective immunity against RSV infection, and a method is provided for generating the protective immunity against RSV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Jinsheng HE, Lin DU, Yuanhui FU, Weihua ZHU, Xianglei PENG, Bo GAO, Yanpeng ZHENG, Meiqin LIU
  • Publication number: 20240098488
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for communication channel management performed by a wireless access point (AP) device is described. An original management frame that carries a target information element is constructed, where the target information element includes an information element related to communication channel management. When determined that one or more clients are connected to the AP device, for each of the determined clients: A destination address of the original management frame is set to a MAC address of the client. To obtain an encrypted management frame by using a key corresponding to the client, information in the target information element is encrypted. The encrypted management frame is sent in a WiFi network, so that a connected client in the WiFi network determines, based on the destination address, whether to process the encrypted management frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongjian Cao, Wanqiao Zhang, Lin Huang, Yunding Jian, Wei Fu, Yujia Liu
  • Publication number: 20240094360
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, systems and methods of optical sensing for pixel multiplexing and polarized beam steering. Described, among other things, is a system that includes a light source configured to generate a light and one or more optical devices, integrated on a photonic integrated circuit, configured to impart modulation to the generated light and deliver the modulated light to an interface coupling device. The interface coupling device can include a plurality of interface couplers (ICs), each IC configured to scatter the modulated light in a direction that makes at least 5 degrees with an optical axis of lens configured to transmit the light scattered by each IC along a respective direction of a plurality of directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Yukio Piggott, Jason Watson, Lin Liu, Blaise Laurent Patrick Gassend, Ralph Hamilton Shepard
  • Patent number: 11931122
    Abstract: A teleoperated surgical system is provided comprising: a first robotic surgical instrument; an image capture; a user display; a user input command device coupled to receive user input commands to control movement of the first robotic surgical instrument; and a movement controller coupled to scale a rate of movement of the first robotic surgical instrument, based at least in part upon a surgical skill level at using the first robotic surgical instrument of the user providing the received user input commands, from a rate of movement indicated by the user input commands received at the user input command device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Nowlin, Mahdi Azizian, Simon P. DiMaio, Brian D. Hoffman, Anthony M. Jarc, Henry C. Lin, May Quo-Mei Liu, Ian E. McDowall, Brent Tokarchuk
  • Patent number: 11934454
    Abstract: Provided are a video retrieval method and apparatus, a medium, and a server. The video retrieval method includes: receiving a video retrieval request from a terminal, the video retrieval request carrying retrieval key information; searching a video database for a natural sentence matching the retrieval key information, the video database including a plurality of videos, each video having a natural sentence obtained through processing frames of the video using an encoder, a decoder and a reconstructor of a neural network; obtaining a video corresponding to the natural sentence matching the retrieval key information; and returning the matching video to the requesting terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Bairui Wang, Lin Ma, Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11934803
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for workflow service application searching. In some aspects, a search query is entered through a search element of a workflow application on a client device. A request is transmitted from a workflow application to a workflow service, to search within an application based on the search query. Application content corresponding to the search query and the application is received from the workflow service. A search result is provided based on the application content and without opening the application on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Lv, Chaoting Xuan, Xinda Yan, Qimin Yao, Yunxia Cheng, Qian Liu
  • Publication number: 20240085803
    Abstract: Photolithography overlay errors are a source of patterning defects, which contribute to low wafer yield. An interconnect formation process that employs a patterning photolithography/etch process with self-aligned interconnects is disclosed herein. The interconnection formation process, among other things, improves a photolithography overlay (OVL) margin since alignment is accomplished on a wider pattern. In addition, the patterning photolithography/etch process supports multi-metal gap fill and low-k dielectric formation with voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tai-I Yang, Wei-Chen Chu, Hsiang-Wei Liu, Shau-Lin Shue, Li-Lin Su, Yung-Hsu Wu
  • Publication number: 20240090146
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a lower housing and an upper cover that are connected to each other. The upper cover has a bending structure that faces a direction of the lower housing, an end that is of the lower housing and that faces the upper cover has a flanging structure, the flanging structure overlaps a bottom wall of the bending structure, and the upper cover and the lower housing are connected at an overlapping part of the bending structure and the flanging structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhanfeng LIANG, Zhangrui CHEN, Maofan LI, Lin LIU
  • Publication number: 20240088601
    Abstract: A multifunction connector is provided. A housing of the connector has a base portion, a pair of walls extending from the base portion in a longitudinal direction and separated by a gap, and a pair of wings extending from the base portion on opposite sides of the pair of walls and in a transverse direction. A pair of power conductors each is held by one of the walls and has contact portions curving into the gap. A pair of sense conductors each is held by one of the walls and has a contact portion curving into the gap and being offset from the contact portions of a respective power conductor along the longitudinal direction. A position identification subassembly is held by a first wall of the pair and separate from the gap by the first wall. A ground conductor is held by a second wall of the pair and separate from the gap by the second wall. Such a configuration enables the connector to carry high current, identify insertion position on a busbar, sense the degree of insertion, and/or provide grounding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: FCI CONNECTORS DONGGUAN LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Lin Liu, Yu-Lin Rao
  • Publication number: 20240088612
    Abstract: System and method to use position information about a power supply unit (PSU) within a system for status reporting or control. The system may have multiple slots into which the PSU may be installed, and each of multiple PSUs installed may sense position information, such as an indication of the slot into which it is installed. A controller may receive the position information in connection with status information such that faults or other events associated with a PSU may be reported to a system operator in connection with a position of the affected PSU. The controller may determine adjustments to operating parameters of the PSUs that are impacted by position and may direct commends to the appropriate PSU based on the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: FCI CONNECTORS DONGGUAN LTD., Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Lin Liu, Yu-Lin Rao, Honghao Cao
  • Patent number: 11929258
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes a first metal feature formed into a first dielectric layer, a second metal feature formed into a second dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer being disposed on said first dielectric layer, and a via connecting the first metal feature to the second metal feature, wherein a top portion of the via is offset from a bottom portion of the via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Ming Chang, Chih-Ming Lai, Ru-Gun Liu, Tsai-Sheng Gau, Chung-Ju Lee, Tien-I Bao, Shau-Lin Shue
  • Patent number: 11928842
    Abstract: A method of measuring chromaticity of a target object is implemented using a computer device that stores a plurality of light source spectrum datasets each associated with a specific object. The method includes: obtaining a captured color image of the target object; generating a spectral image based on the captured color image using a spectral transformation matrix; obtaining one of the plurality of light source spectrum datasets that is associated with the target object; and calculating a chromaticity dataset of the target object based on the spectral image and the one of the plurality of light source spectrum datasets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: National Chung Cheng University
    Inventors: Hsiang-Chen Wang, Yu-Ming Tsao, Yu-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20240081015
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis casing, a device casing, a latch assembly, a bracket, and a rotating shaft assembly. The chassis casing includes a bottom plate. The device casing is detachably disposed in the chassis casing, and the device casing is provided with a stopper. The latch assembly is disposed at the chassis casing, and the latch assembly includes a sliding member. The bracket is disposed in the chassis casing and at an end of the device casing opposite to the latch assembly. The rotating shaft assembly is respectively connected to the device casing and the bracket. The device casing is adjustable between an installation position and an lifting position via the rotating shaft assembly. The sliding member of the latch assembly is used to fix the stopper, so that the device casing is located at the installation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Chia-Hsin Liu, Yu-Jian Wu, Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20240078796
    Abstract: A method of crowdsourcing annotation for medical image data based on image comparison, includes developing an annotation task; acquiring and verifying medical images according to requirements of the annotation task, and performing statistics on the medical images that meet verification standards to obtain an amount of image data acquired; archiving the medical images that meet the verification standards to form a medical image database; setting up annotation rules, and generating annotation schemes and annotation samples according to the requirements of the annotation task and annotation rules; distributing the medical images in the medical image database to multiple crowdsourcing annotation sides, so that each medical image being annotated by the multiple crowdsourcing annotation sides; annotating, by the crowdsourcing annotation sides, the distributed medical images according to the annotation schemes and the annotation examples to form the annotated images; and merging multiple annotated images correspondi
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Xianying He, Jinming Shi, Fangfang Cui, Ming Ye, Yaoen Lu, Lin Wang, Jinghong Gao, Xiaobing Shi, Dongqing Liu, Xu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240079509
    Abstract: A solar cell, a textured surface structure and a method for preparing the same are provided. The textured surface structure is formed on a surface of a silicon wafer, and the surface has a grid line covered area and a light-receiving exposure area. The textured surface structure includes a first textured surface formed on the grid line covered area, and a second textured surface formed on the light-receiving exposure area. The texture size of the first textured surface is larger than the texture size of the second textured surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Lin SUN, Junlin DU, Gongbing CHEN, Lin ZHANG, Xiuqing YANG, Xiangfei LIU, Tao YAN, Deng PAN