Patents by Inventor Qiwei Liu

Qiwei 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: 20240166128
    Abstract: Systems and methods for deploying emergency roadside signaling devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a control system for an object placing device of an autonomous vehicle includes a processor, and a computer-readable memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to: receive a signal comprising instructions to activate the object placing device; and provide instructions to the object placing device to place a plurality of signaling devices in accordance with predetermined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Charles A. Price, Todd B. Skinner, Juexiao Ning, Yishi Liu, Qiwei Li, Raymond Alan Thomas, Alan Camyre, Jim Giglio, Robert Patrick Brown
  • Patent number: 11951906
    Abstract: Systems and methods for deploying emergency roadside signaling devices are disclosed. In one aspect, system for an autonomous vehicle includes one or more signaling devices configured to visually notify other vehicles when placed on or near a roadway, and an object placing device configured to place the one or more signaling devices. The system further includes a processor and a computer-readable memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to: determine that the autonomous vehicle has experienced a malfunction, and provide instructions to the object placing device to place the one or more signaling devices on or near the roadway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TuSimple, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A Price, Todd B. Skinner, Juexiao Ning, Yishi Liu, Qiwei Li, Raymond Alan Thomas, Alan Camyre, Jim Giglio, Robert Patrick Brown
  • Patent number: 11945367
    Abstract: Systems and methods for deploying emergency roadside signaling devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a control system for an object placing device of an autonomous vehicle includes a processor, and a computer-readable memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to: receive a signal comprising instructions to activate the object placing device; and provide instructions to the object placing device to place a plurality of signaling devices in accordance with predetermined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TuSimple, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Price, Todd B. Skinner, Juexiao Ning, Yishi Liu, Qiwei Li, Raymond Alan Thomas, Alan Camyre, Jim Giglio, Robert Patrick Brown
  • Publication number: 20240096992
    Abstract: An MV device is disclosed. A gate conductive material layer is segmented into a body gate conductive material layer and two edge gate conductive material layers along a channel length direction. The two edge gate conductive material layers are located on two sides of the body gate conductive material layer and are spaced apart from the body gate conductive material layer by dielectric segmentation structures. The lightly doped drain regions extend under the first side face and the second side face of the gate conductive material layer, to reach under the body gate conductive material layer, such that the channel region becomes located under the body gate conductive material layer; and the edge gate conductive material layers and the dielectric segmentation structures become located above the lightly doped drain regions. The present disclosure also discloses a method for manufacturing an MV device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Qiwei WANG, Tao LIU, Haoyu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240096989
    Abstract: The present application discloses an MV device, wherein a first gate structure of the MV device is formed by stacking a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate conductive material layer. The first gate dielectric layer is divided into a body gate dielectric layer and an edge gate dielectric layer. The body gate dielectric layer is located in a middle region, and the edge gate dielectric layer surrounds the periphery of the body gate dielectric layer. A channel region is located in a surface of the semiconductor substrate between the lightly doped drain regions on the two sides of the first gate structure. In a channel length direction, the top of the channel region is covered by the body gate dielectric layer. The present application also discloses a method for manufacturing the MV device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Qiwei WANG, Tao LIU, Zhigang ZHANG, Yaoyu ZHAN, Haoyu CHEN
  • Patent number: 11917294
    Abstract: Techniques are described for compensating for movements of sensors. A method includes receiving two sets of sensor data from two sets of sensors, where a first set of sensors are located on a roof of a cab of a semi-trailer truck and a second set of sensor data are located on a hood of the semi-trailer truck. The method also receives from a height sensor a measured value indicative of a height of the rear of a rear portion of the cab of the semi-trailer truck relative to a chassis of the semi-trailer truck, determines two correction values, one for each of the two sets of sensor data, and compensates for the movement of the two sets of sensors by generating two sets of compensated sensor data. The two sets of compensated sensor data are generated by adjusting the two sets of sensor data based on the two correction values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Camyre, Todd Skinner, Juexiao Ning, Qiwei Li, Yishi Liu
  • Publication number: 20230258364
    Abstract: A drive mechanism and an air conditioner are provided. The drive mechanism includes a base, two moveable plates and a rectifying guide rail. The base is provided with two guiding slides. The two moveable plates slidably cooperate with the base via the two guiding slides correspondingly. The rectifying guide rail is fixed to the base. The rectifying guide rail is spaced from the guiding slide. The rectifying guide rail cooperates with at least one of the two moveable plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fenghua JIANG, Fuxing ZHAI, Zhihui MU, Biao HUANG, Zheyuan ZHANG, Qiwei LIU, Hongliang YUAN, Bingchao SU, Wuyun ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220373212
    Abstract: An air conditioner, a control method and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The air conditioner has a body provided with an air outlet. An air output assembly suitable for adjusting an air output angle of the air outlet is arranged at the air outlet. The air conditioner further has a detection device for acquiring position information of a target and a controller electrically connected to the air output assembly and the detection device for controlling the air output assembly according to the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ansheng JI, Guojian CAI, Shunkai DU, Qiwei LIU, Fuxing ZHAI, Jian HE, Zhengqing YI
  • Publication number: 20220373213
    Abstract: An air conditioner, a control method for the air conditioner, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The air conditioner has a body, an air outlet provided on the body, and an air output structure for adjusting an air output angle of the air outlet. The air output structure has multiple operative configurations. The air conditioner also has a detection device for acquiring an ambient temperature and an ambient humidity, and a controller electrically connected to the air output structure and the detection device. The controller controls the air output structure to switch among the operative configurations according to the ambient temperature and the ambient humidity, and further adjusts the air output angle of the air outlet and causes the air output angle and the amount of air output to match with the current ambient temperature and the current ambient humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ansheng JI, Guojian CAI, Shunkai DU, Fuxing ZHAI, Jian HE, Qiwei LIU
  • Publication number: 20220364741
    Abstract: An air conditioner, a control method for an air conditioner, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The air conditioner has a body, an air outlet, and an air output assembly for adjusting the air output of the air outlet. The air conditioner further has a detection device and a controller. The detection device acquires a distance value of a target object from the air conditioner. The controller is electrically connected to the air output assembly and the detection device, and controls the air output assembly to switch among different operative configurations based on the distance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ansheng JI, Shunkai DU, Qiwei LIU, Guojian CAI, Jian HE, Shaosheng GUO, Fuxing ZHAI
  • Publication number: 20220357074
    Abstract: An air-conditioning indoor unit and an air conditioner are provided. The indoor unit has a surface frame, a breezeless member, an outer deflector, a heat exchanger, and a fan. The surface frame has a first air outlet defined on a front lower part of the surface frame. The first air outlet penetrates a front part and a bottom of the surface frame. The breezeless member is disposed at a front side of the surface frame. The outer deflector is capable of opening and closing a bottom side of the first air outlet. The breezeless member is configured to open a front side of the first air outlet when located at a first position, and to close the front side of the first air outlet when located at a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fuxing ZHAI, Ansheng JI, Peng XIE, Qiwei LIU, Hui ZHENG, Shaosheng GUO, Jian HE, Zhengqing YI
  • Publication number: 20220341622
    Abstract: An air conditioner, a control method for the air conditioner and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The air conditioner has a shell provided with an opening portion, a first air deflector connected to the shell, an air outlet defined by the first air deflector and the opening portion, and an air-scattering assembly having an air-scattering component. The air-scattering component allows an airflow to pass through and diffuses the passing airflow. The air-scattering assembly is movable relative to the shell for opening and closing the air outlet. When the air conditioner is closed, the air-scattering assembly and the shell form the exterior of the air conditioner. Meanwhile, various forms of windless air discharges can be provided by the air-scattering assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiwei LIU, Ansheng JI, Peng XIE, Jian HE, Fuxing ZHAI, Hui ZHENG, Shaosheng GUO, Zhengqing YI, Jie HE
  • Publication number: 20220268452
    Abstract: A breezeless structure and an air conditioner are provided. The breezeless structure has an air dispersing structure, which has a stationary blade assembly and a rotating member spaced apart from each other in an air-flowing direction. The rotating member is rotatable relative to the stationary blade assembly. The stationary blade assembly has a plurality of stationary blades spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the stationary blade assembly. The rotating member has a plurality of rotating blades spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the rotating member. Each rotating blade is obliquely disposed to allow air to flow on opposite side walls of the rotating blade. Alternatively or additionally, each stationary blade is obliquely disposed to allow air to flow on opposite side walls of the stationary blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengqing YI, Ansheng JI, Peng XIE, Qiwei LIU, Fuxing ZHAI, Shaosheng GUO, Jian HE
  • Publication number: 20220268481
    Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit and an air conditioner are provided. The indoor unit has a surface frame, a breezeless member, a heat exchanger and a fan. A first air outlet is formed in a front lower part of the surface frame. At least one second air outlet is formed on at least one of a left side of the surface frame and a right side of the surface frame. The breezeless member is disposed on a front side of the surface frame and movable between a first position and a second position. When the breezeless member is located at the first position, the first panel opens the first air outlet. When the breezeless member is located at the second position, the first panel closes the first air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiwei LIU, Fuxing ZHAI, Jian HE, Zhengqing YI, Shaosheng GUO, Peng XIE
  • Patent number: 11240630
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing location-based service zones that are active during limited time periods. A notification of a trigger event relating to a location-based time zone can be received. The time the notification is received can be compared to time window that the location-based service zone is active. A notification of the trigger event is sent to a respective provider associated with the location-based service zone when the location-based service zone is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Raymond Smith, James Michael Sutula, Benjamin Winters
  • Publication number: 20220006981
    Abstract: A method of automatic image freezing of digestive endoscopy based on a perceptual hash algorithm includes: analyzing a video streaming of digestive endoscopy acquired by digestive endoscopy imaging system into image data; calculating a similarity between an image at t point in time and images of first n frames, to obtain a weighted similarity k of the image; and comparing the weighted similarity k of the image at t point in time with a freezing boundary l, and triggering an instruction of image freezing when the k reaches l to obtain the clear images with the best visual field from the video streaming of digestive endoscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Chao LI, Jinlong LIU, Qiwei LIU, Shan HU
  • Publication number: 20200329335
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing location-based service zones that are active during limited time periods. A notification of a trigger event relating to a location-based time zone can be received. The time the notification is received can be compared to time window that the location-based service zone is active. A notification of the trigger event is sent to a respective provider associated with the location-based service zone when the location-based service zone is active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Raymond Smith, James Michael Sutula, Benjamin Winters
  • Patent number: 10779111
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing which location-based service zones to monitor within a geographic region. An active zone defining a geographic region and location-based service zones within the geographic region is provided by another computing device. The selection of a subset of the location-based service zones to monitor within an active zone can be based on an estimated current device location and/or other parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Ronen Barenboim, Michael Bowerman, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Michael Schollmeyer, James Michael Sutula
  • Patent number: 10757531
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing location-based service zones that are active during limited time periods. A notification of a trigger event relating to a location-based time zone can be received. The time the notification is received can be compared to time window that the location-based service zone is active. A notification of the trigger event is sent to a respective provider associated with the location-based service zone when the location-based service zone is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Raymond Smith, James Michael Sutula, Benjamin Winters
  • Patent number: 10531372
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing location-based service zones being monitored by a client device. The location-based service zones within a geographic region can be organized in location-based service zone clusters. In response to receiving an active zone from a computing device, a client device can begin monitoring the geographic parameters for the top-level location-based service zone clusters. When the client device detects an entry into a particular location-based service zone cluster, the client device stops monitoring the top-level location-based service zone clusters and begins monitoring the location-based service zones that are within the particular location-based service zone cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Ronen Barenboim, Michael Bowerman, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Michael Schollmeyer, James Michael Sutula