Patents by Inventor Qi Cai
Qi Cai 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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Publication number: 20240119639Abstract: An apparatus and a method for decoding a 3D map, and an encoded bitstream of a 3D map are provided. The apparatus for decoding a 3D map includes a transmitter and a decompressor. The transmitter is configured to receive a bitstream of a 3D map, where the 3D map includes a plurality of 3D map points. The decompressor is configured to decompress the bitstream of the 3D map to obtain reconstructed data of the 3D map, where the reconstructed data of the 3D map includes reconstructed data of the plurality of 3D map points. In this application, the decompressor end may support decompression of compressed data of the 3D map, to support compression/decompression of data of the 3D map.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Xiaoran Cao, Kangying Cai, Pei Wang, Chenxi Tu, Qi Su
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Publication number: 20240102826Abstract: An apparatus and a method for encoding a 3D map are provided. The apparatus for encoding a 3D map includes a compression module (51) and a transmission module (52). The compression module (51) is configured to compress data of a 3D map to obtain a bitstream of the 3D map, where the 3D map includes a plurality of 3D map points, and the data of the 3D map includes data of the plurality of 3D map points. The transmission module (52) is configured to transmit the bitstream of the 3D map. With the use of the apparatus, a data volume of a 3D map can be reduced, thereby reducing transmission bandwidth and improving transmission efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Xiaoran Cao, Kangying Cai, Pei Wang, Chenxi Tu, Qi Su
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Patent number: 11909898Abstract: This application provides a mobile terminal and relates to the field of display technologies. The mobile terminal includes a display panel, a cover body, a photoelectric conversion apparatus, and a bearer layer. The bearer layer includes a non-polarized part, where the bearer layer is disposed between the cover body and the display panel, and the bearer layer is located in a partial transmissive region of the display region, where an orthographic projection of the photoelectric conversion apparatus on the bearer layer is located in an orthographic projection of the non-polarized part on the bearer layer, and the non-polarized part is configured to enable a polarization direction of light. Furthermore, the mobile terminal includes an ink layer, disposed on a surface of the bearer layer, where the ink layer is located in a peripheral region of the mobile terminal. As discussed herein, the techniques resolve a problem of how to evenly print ink in a corresponding peripheral region of the mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Qi Cai, Jiao Lin, Xu Peng
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Publication number: 20240000844Abstract: The present disclosure provides transposon-based systems for introducing cellular therapeutic products, such as CAR and TCR, into a target immune cell. The transposon-based systems can carry larger payloads than conventional viral vector-based technologies, simplifying multi-genetic editing and can reduce undesired recombination between homologous sequences in the payload. Also provided is a shortened autologous process that can be completed within a few days, within one day or even within a few hours. Even without immune cell activation, enrichment or expansion, the resulting cell populations achieve greatly higher in vivo therapeutic efficacy than the much lengthier autologous process that employs viral vectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Qi Cai, Hsing-Chuan Tsai, Kaiyuan Jiang
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Patent number: 11860709Abstract: The present invention discloses a power supply apparatus having power limiting mechanism. A switch transistor is controlled by a control voltage such that a power supply unit supplies a power to a powered device when the switch transistor is controlled to be conducted, wherein the switch transistor has an operation current, an operation voltage and an operation power under conduction. A voltage detection circuit detects the operation voltage. A power-limiting circuit performs analog-to-digital conversion on the operation voltage, generates a current-limiting signal related to a current-limiting value according to the operation voltage based on a predetermined voltage-current curve and performs digital-to-analog conversion on the current-limiting signal to generate a reference voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Rui Wang, Min Zhang, He Li, Qi-Cai Tang, Teng-Yue Zhang
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Publication number: 20230392119Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for manufacturing engineered lymphocytes. Also provided are the prepared engineered lymphocytes which have increased proportions of juvenile/naive lymphocytes leading to increased therapeutic efficacy. The methods in various embodiments are expedited as compared to the conventional technology, and produce lymphocytes with improved viability, transduction success rates, and in vivo antitumor efficacy.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Waleed Haso, Qi Cai, Thanh Nguyen Yip, Hsing-Chuan Tsai, Carmen Warren, Melody Geragosian
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Patent number: 11799426Abstract: Class D amplifier circuitry comprising: input buffer circuitry configured to receive a first digital input signal modulated according to a first modulation scheme in which the digital input signal can take a first plurality N of discrete signal levels; analog modulator circuitry configured to generate an analog modulated signal based on an analog output signal output by the input buffer circuitry; and quantizer circuitry configured to generate an output signal based on the analog modulated signal, wherein the output signal is modulated according to a second modulation scheme in which the output signal can take a second plurality M of discrete signal levels, wherein the second plurality M is greater than the first plurality N.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.Inventors: Johnny Klarenbeek, David P. Singleton, Morgan T. Prior, Jonathan T. Wigner, Christopher M. Dougherty, Qi Cai, Anindya Bhattacharya
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Patent number: 11746991Abstract: A bendable fill light lamp comprises a plurality of segments of a lamp body assembly connected in a series or a sequence, wherein the lamp body assembly comprises a body for connecting the plurality of segments. Any two adjacent segments of the plurality of the segments are rotatably connected. Each of the plurality of the segments comprises a light-emitting surface as a fill light source. The body comprises a connecting member passing among the plurality of the segments. The connecting member comprises a bendable elastic body. In this way, during the use of the fill light, the bending of the intermediary segments may drive the sequential adjustment of the illumination angles of the light emitting parts on the intermediary segments. In one aspect, the light angle of the fill light may be adjusted and avoid phenomenon of multiple lights on the object to be photographed, which improves the shooting effect.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: GUANGDONG SIRUI OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Jie Li, Haimin Lin, Zhangxuan Yang, Qi Cai
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Publication number: 20230170850Abstract: Class D amplifier circuitry comprising: input buffer circuitry configured to receive a first digital input signal modulated according to a first modulation scheme in which the digital input signal can take a first plurality N of discrete signal levels; analog modulator circuitry configured to generate an analog modulated signal based on an analog output signal output by the input buffer circuitry; and quantizer circuitry configured to generate an output signal based on the analog modulated signal, wherein the output signal is modulated according to a second modulation scheme in which the output signal can take a second plurality M of discrete signal levels, wherein the second plurality M is greater than the first plurality N.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.Inventors: Johnny KLARENBEEK, David P. SINGLETON, Morgan T. PRIOR, Jonathan T. WIGNER, Christopher M. DOUGHERTY, Qi CAI, Anindya BHATTACHARYA
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Publication number: 20230132775Abstract: The present invention discloses a power supply apparatus having power limiting mechanism. A switch transistor is controlled by a control voltage such that a power supply unit supplies a power to a powered device when the switch transistor is controlled to be conducted, wherein the switch transistor has an operation current, an operation voltage and an operation power under conduction. A voltage detection circuit detects the operation voltage. A power-limiting circuit performs analog-to-digital conversion on the operation voltage, generates a current-limiting signal related to a current-limiting value according to the operation voltage based on a predetermined voltage-current curve and performs digital-to-analog conversion on the current-limiting signal to generate a reference voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: RUI WANG, MIN ZHANG, HE LI, QI-CAI TANG, TENG-YUE ZHANG
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Publication number: 20230041433Abstract: A pure pose solution method and system for a multi-view camera pose and scene are provided. The method includes: a pure rotation recognition (PRR) step: performing PRR on all views, and marking views having a pure rotation abnormality, to obtain marked views and non-marked views; a global translation linear (GTL) calculation step: selecting one of the non-marked views as a reference view, constructing a constraint tr=0, constructing a GTL constraint, solving a global translation (I), reconstructing a global translation of the marked views according to tr and (I), and screening out a correct solution of the global translation; and a structure analytical reconstruction (SAR) step: performing analytical reconstruction on coordinates of all 3D points according to a correct solution of a global pose. The method and system can greatly improve the computational efficiency and robustness of the multi-view camera pose and scene structure reconstruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2019Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITYInventors: Yuanxin WU, Qi CAI, Lilian ZHANG
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Publication number: 20230027004Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing engineered human lymphocytes for cell therapies, including isolating targeted cells of interest from apheresis starting material using an acoustic separation device and activating the targeted cells of interest in situ with, in certain aspects, antibody-coated surface in an enclosed vessel. Also, the method includes transfecting the targeted cells of interest with construct-encoded lentiviral vectors, retroviral vectors, adeno-associated vectors or non-viral vectors in the enclosed vessel. The cells of interest may then be transfected with viral or non-viral genetic material using an electroporation device. Transfected cells may then be expanded to a desired dose using an expansion feeding method. Also, the method may include combining the targeted cells of interest with cryoprotectant reagents and buffers to create a final formulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Nathaniel W. Freund, Kaiyuan Jiang, Suchit Sahai, Hsing-Chuan Tsai, Maolu Li, Joshua Ray Plat, Waleed Haso, Nitin Agarwal, Qi Cai, Luis Diaz, Kent S. Young
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Publication number: 20230003365Abstract: A bendable fill light lamp comprises a plurality of segments of a lamp body assembly connected in a series or a sequence, wherein the lamp body assembly comprises a body for connecting the plurality of segments. Any two adjacent segments of the plurality of the segments are rotatably connected. Each of the plurality of the segments comprises a light-emitting surface as a fill light source. The body comprises a connecting member passing among the plurality of the segments. The connecting member comprises a bendable elastic body. In this way, during the use of the fill light, the bending of the intermediary segments may drive the sequential adjustment of the illumination angles of the light emitting parts on the intermediary segments. In one aspect, the light angle of the fill light may be adjusted and avoid phenomenon of multiple lights on the object to be photographed, which improves the shooting effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: GUANGDONG SIRUI OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: JIE LI, Haimin Lin, Zhangxuan Yang, Qi Cai
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Publication number: 20220394654Abstract: Provided are a networking and positioning method, system and device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring, by means of Bluetooth communication, Bluetooth broadcast positioning data broadcast by a positioning master base station in a preset positioning region, wherein a positioning beacon and the positioning master base station are each provided with a Bluetooth communication device; and networking and positioning the positioning beacon on the basis of the Bluetooth broadcast positioning data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Lifu Wang, Zehan Tan, Yanyu Chen, Ru Li, Xiaojian Li, Qi Cai, Shengshi Ye, Bo Sun
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Patent number: 11418355Abstract: A power sourcing equipment includes a control logic circuit and current source circuits that are coupled to a powered device via first and second wire pairs of a network cable respectively. The control logic circuit controls one of the current source circuits to drain a current from the powered device via the first wire pair during a first interval, to detect a first voltage of the first wire pair and a second voltage of the second wire pair, and controls the current source circuits to respectively drain currents from the powered device via the first and the second wire pairs during a second interval, to detect a third voltage of the first wire pair and a fourth voltage of the second wire pair, and determines whether the powered device is a single signature or a dual signature according to the first to the fourth voltages.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: He Li, Rui Wang, Qi-Cai Tang, Min Zhang, Teng-Yue Zhang
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Publication number: 20220201106Abstract: This application provides a mobile terminal and relates to the field of display technologies. The mobile terminal includes a display panel, a cover body, a photoelectric conversion apparatus, and a bearer layer. The bearer layer includes a non-polarized part, where the bearer layer is disposed between the cover body and the display panel, and the bearer layer is located in a partial transmissive region of the display region, where an orthographic projection of the photoelectric conversion apparatus on the bearer layer is located in an orthographic projection of the non-polarized part on the bearer layer, and the non-polarized part is configured to enable a polarization direction of light. Furthermore, the mobile terminal includes an ink layer, disposed on a surface of the bearer layer, where the ink layer is located in a peripheral region of the mobile terminal. As discussed herein, the techniques resolve a problem of how to evenly print ink in a corresponding peripheral region of the mobile terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Qi CAI, Jiao LIN, Xu PENG
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Publication number: 20220155299Abstract: Compositions and methods for fluorescence activated cell analysis of blood cell populations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Qi Cai, Jonathan Kirzner, D.H. Tony Lee, Bharat Sowrirajan, Michelle Tseng, Hemamali Warshakoon
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Publication number: 20220139104Abstract: A screen assembly includes a display panel and a recognition panel located on a non-light-emitting side of the display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of recognition regions. A non-recognition region is formed between two adjacent and mutually spaced recognition regions. The recognition panel includes a plurality of image sensors. Photosensitive surfaces of the image sensors are configured to capture, in a one-to-one correspondence, user fingerprint images located in the recognition regions. A ratio of a total area of the recognition regions to a total area of non-recognition regions in a fingerprint coverage region is greater than or equal to 1:5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Jiao Lin, Qi Cai, Xu Peng
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Patent number: 11286163Abstract: A method for making a carbon nanotube array includes placing a gas diffusing unit defining an outlet in a chamber including a first inlet and a second inlet. A gas transporting pipe haves a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the second end is connected to the gas diffusing unit, and the first end passes through the second inlet and extends out of the chamber. A growth substrate defining a through hole covers the outlet. A carbon source gas and a protective gas is supplied to the chamber from the first inlet, to grow a carbon nanotube array including multiple carbon nanotubes. Each carbon nanotube has a bottom end. Then the carbon source gas is stopped supplying, and an oxygen containing gas is supplied to the gas transporting pipe, to oxidize the bottom end.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Liang Liu, Qi Cai, Shou-Shan Fan
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Patent number: D1024593Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2024Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Inventor: Qi Cai