Patents by Inventor Qiming Li
Qiming Li 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: 20240145657Abstract: A micro light emitting diode (LED) having a high light extraction efficiency includes a bottom conductive layer, a light emitting layer on the bottom conductive layer, and a top conductive structure on the light emitting layer. The micro LED additionally includes a conductive side arm electrically connecting the sidewall of the light emitting layer with the bottom conductive layer, and a reflective bottom dielectric layer arranged under the light emitting layer and above the bottom conductive layer. In some embodiments, the micro LED further includes an ohmic contact between the top conductive structure and the light emitting layer that has a small area and is transparent, thereby increasing the light emergent area and improving the light extraction efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Jade Bird Display (Shanghai) LimitedInventor: Qiming Li
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Patent number: 11974235Abstract: Activating an uplink (UL) gap at a base station may include decoding a user equipment (UE) UL gap capability report received from a UE. A radio resource control (RRC) UL gap configuration may be encoded for transmission to the UE. A power headroom report (PHR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) received from the UE may be decoded. The PHR MAC CE may include at least one of a P value or a power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) value. Decoding the measurement information may include determining that the P value is equal to one or the P-MPR value is greater than zero. Based on determining that the P value is equal to one or the P-MPR value is greater than zero, the UL gap configuration may be implicitly activated.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Laxminarayana Pillutla, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Sharad Sambhwani, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
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Patent number: 11967589Abstract: A micro multi-color LED device includes two or more LED structures for emitting a range of colors. The two or more LED structures are vertically stacked to combine light from the two more LED structures. Light from the micro multi-color LED device is emitted horizontally from each of the LED structures and reflected upward via some reflective structures. In some embodiments, each LED structure is connected to a pixel driver and/or a common electrode. The LED structures are bonded together through bonding layers. In some embodiments, planarization layers enclose each of the LED structures or the micro multi-color LED device. In some embodiments, one or more of reflective layers, refractive layers, micro-lenses, spacers, and reflective cup structures are implemented in the device to improve the LED emission efficiency. A display panel comprising an array of the micro tri-color LED devices has a high resolution and a high illumination brightness.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Jade Bird Display (Shanghai) LimitedInventors: Qunchao Xu, Huiwen Xu, Qiming Li
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Patent number: 11968574Abstract: A UE for a 5G system is to perform a measurement during a network controlled small gap (NCSG). The NCSG includes a first visible interruption length (VIL1), a measurement length (ML), a second visible interruption length (VIL2), and a visible interruption repetition period (VIRP). A UE capability indicates a length of one or both the VIL1 and the VIL2. NCSG pattern information provides the NCSG for the UE, in which the VIL1 and the VIL2 indicate when the UE is not expected to transmit and receive data on a serving carrier, the ML indicates when the UE is expected to transmit and receive data on the serving carrier, and the VIRP indicates a period in which to repeat the NCSG.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Qiming Li, Dawei Zhang, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 11963058Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing dual active protocol stack handovers in a frequency range above 24 GHz. A UE may transmit an indication to a base station indicating a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover capability of the UE corresponding to a frequency range (FR) above 24 GHz. The UE may receive, from a target cell of the one or more cells, a command to perform a DAPS handover from a source cell to the target cell. While performing the DAPS handover and maintaining a data connection with the source cell, the UE may perform measurements on the target cell followed by a physical random access channel (PRACH) procedure. The UE may then receive a source cell release command from the target cell and release the data connection with the source cell.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qiming Li, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 11963055Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for configuring, performing, and reporting neighbor cell measurements in a wireless communication system. A base station of a serving cell may provide configuration information relevant to performing layer 1 (L1) measurements based on reference signals of one or more neighbor cells. A UE may perform L1 inter-frequency measurements of the neighbor cell(s) based on the configuration. The UE may report the measurements.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang, Huaning Niu, Xiang Chen, Dawei Zhang
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Patent number: 11963056Abstract: Layer 2 handling during a cell change procedure includes decoding an RRC reconfiguration message received from a first cell. The RRC reconfiguration message includes a Layer 1 (L1) configuration corresponding to a second cell. The first cell and the second cell share an SDAP entity, a PDCP entity, an RLC entity, and a MAC entity. The first cell and the second cell have a separate L1 entity. In response to decoding the RRC reconfiguration message, the L1 configuration corresponding to the second cell is stored. A cell change message received from the first cell is decoded. The cell change message indicates that a cell change from the first cell to the second cell is to be performed. The stored L1 configuration corresponding to the second cell is applied for data transmission and reception associated with the second cell. A cell change to the second cell is initiated.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Qiming Li, Wei Zeng, Yang Tang, Yuqin Chen, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 11962539Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for performing radio link monitoring or beam failure detection (RLM/BFD) in, or related to, a new radio (NR) involved network. Various embodiments are directed to adaptive configuration of threshold values for in-sync and/or out-of-sync (IS/OOS) in the NR involved network and adequately performing RLM/BFD. Such RLM/BFD with adaptive IS/OOS configuration may improve measurement accuracy and system performance. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Hua Li, Qiming Li, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
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Patent number: 11955505Abstract: A micro multi-color LED device includes two or more LED structures for emitting a range of colors. The two or more LED structures are vertically stacked to combine light from the two more LED structures. In some embodiments, each LED structure is connected to a pixel driver and a shared P-electrode. The LED structures are bonded together through bonding layers. In some embodiments, reflection layers are implemented in the device to improve the LED emission efficiency. A display panel comprising an array of the micro tri-color LED devices has a high resolution and a high illumination brightness.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventors: Qiming Li, Qunchao Xu
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Patent number: 11956048Abstract: Systems and methods provide for beam detection in a wireless communication system. An apparatus for a UE may be configured to identify a plurality of CSI-RS resources corresponding to different Tx beams configured for measurement by the UE, measure an L1-RSRP for the plurality of CSI-RS resources, determine a selected Tx beam of the different Tx beams based on measured L1-RSRP values for the plurality of CSI-RS resources, and determine a measurement accuracy of a first L1-RSRP value corresponding to the selected Tx beam based on successful beam detection probability.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Hua Li, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Qiming Li, Manasa Raghavan, Zhibin Yu
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Patent number: 11950154Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to perform a switch of a TCI state from a serving cell to a neighbor cell. A UE determines whether the state of the neighbor cell is known or unknown and whether the neighbor cell's TCI state is known or unknown. The total delay time to perform the TCI state switch can impacted by this the known/unknown statuses. Other factors can also contribute to the total delay time. The UE may also signal its capability to monitor the TCI state of the neighbor cell and its capability to switch to such a TCI state.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Manasa Raghavan, Yushu Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
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Publication number: 20240107464Abstract: Activating an uplink (UL) gap at a base station may include decoding a user equipment (UE) UL gap capability report received from a UE. A radio resource control (RRC) UL gap configuration may be encoded for transmission to the UE. A power headroom report (PHR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) received from the UE may be decoded. The PHR MAC CE may include at least one of a P value or a power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) value. Decoding the measurement information may include determining that the P value is equal to one or the P-MPR value is greater than zero. Based on determining that the P value is equal to one or the P-MPR value is greater than zero, the UL gap configuration may be implicitly activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Laxminarayana Pillutla, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Sharad Sambhwani, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
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Publication number: 20240107610Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate back-off mechanisms for inter-cell mobility. One example aspect is a baseband processor configured to: receive a unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) from a first serving cell where the unified TCI is associated with a second serving cell; in response to receiving the unified TCI, transmit an ACK message to the first serving cell; communicate with the second serving cell; configure a time window subsequent to transmission of the ACK message; and perform a fallback operation when a dedicated signaling from the second serving cell is not received within the time window.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haitong Sun, Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Wei Zeng, Yuqin Chen
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Publication number: 20240107469Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE), comprising performing, based on acquired information, in at least one of an idle mode and an inactive mode, at least one of an intra-frequency neighbor cell measurement and an inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement. The acquired information comprises at least one of a group of a periodicity of synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SSB)-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) and a periodicity of SMTC2-long periodicity (SMTC2-LP) and a physical cell identifier (PCI) list of SMTC2-LP.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He
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Publication number: 20240107388Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for determining timing advance in L1/L2 inter-cell mobility. A user equipment (UE) comprises at least one antenna, at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna, and a processor coupled to the at least one radio. The processor is configured to receive a Time advance (TA) indicator together with a handover command from a source base station in a source coverage, wherein the TA indicator comprises information for determining a TA used for an uplink transmission with a target base station in a target coverage, the handover command is a Layer 1 handover command or a Layer 2 handover command, and the source coverage and the target coverage are identified by different Physical Cell identifiers; and in response to the handover command, determine the TA used for the uplink transmission with the target base station based on the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Qiming Li, Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Yang Tang
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Patent number: 11943702Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE). The method comprises determining a first time period for the UE, based on whether the UE uses Discontinuous Reception (DRX) and whether the UE uses Measurement Gap (MG). The first time period indicates a respective timing criterion for the UE to determine a time period of maintaining available downlink timing for a reference cell; The method further comprises determining, based on the first time period, a first time threshold for the UE to determine reference cell availability.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang
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Publication number: 20240098606Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus, methods, computer-readable storage medium and computer program product for high speed train measurements and signaling.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Qiming Li, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Dawei Zhang, Xiang Chen, Manasa Raghavan
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Publication number: 20240092579Abstract: A container conveying system including a controller, a first robot, and/or a second robot. A first container pickup mechanism is provided on the first robot. A second container pickup mechanism is provided on the second robot. The controller is configured to, in response to a container conveying request, send a first conveying instruction to the first robot if it is determined a target container to be conveyed based on the container conveying request has a size within a first size range; or send a second conveying instruction to the second robot if it is determined the target has a size within a second size range. In warehousing operation scenarios, by jointly using the two robots for operation, containers with various container sizes can be picked up and placed, thus improving utilization rate of a container storage space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Kai LIU, Qiming WANG, Zhihui QIN, Nan ZHANG, Yuhui XIAO, Xiaowei LI, Xi CHEN, Pengfei WANG
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Patent number: 11935911Abstract: The present invention discloses a double color micro LED display panel including a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer configured on the substrate, a second semiconductor layer configured on the first semiconductor layer, and a third semiconductor layer configured between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are P type, and the third semiconductor layer is N type. The first semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer form a first light emitting diode to emit a first light, and the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer form a second light emitting diode to emit a second light.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Jade Bird Display (Shanghai) LimitedInventors: Quchao Xu, Qiming Li
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Patent number: 11930460Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE), comprising performing, based on acquired information, in at least one of an idle mode and an inactive mode, at least one of an intra-frequency neighbor cell measurement and an inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement. The acquired information comprises at least one of a group of a periodicity of synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SSB)-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) and a periodicity of SMTC2-long periodicity (SMTC2-LP) and a physical cell identifier (PCI) list of SMTC2-LP.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He