Patents by Inventor Sheng Zhang

Sheng Zhang 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: 20230351672
    Abstract: A mixed reality system that includes a device and a base station that communicate via a wireless connection The device may include sensors that collect information about the user’s environment and about the user. The information collected by the sensors may be transmitted to the base station via the wireless connection. The base station renders frames or slices based at least in part on the sensor information received from the device, encodes the frames or slices, and transmits the compressed frames or slices to the device for decoding and display. The base station may provide more computing power than conventional stand-alone systems, and the wireless connection does not tether the device to the base station as in conventional tethered systems. The system may implement methods and apparatus to maintain a target frame rate through the wireless link and to minimize latency in frame rendering, transmittal, and display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Y. Zhang, Ray L. Chang, Timothy R. Oriol, Ling Su, Gurjeet S. Saund, Guy Cote, Jim C. Chou, Hao Pan, Tobias Eble, Avi Bar-Zeev, Sheng Zhang, Justin A. Hensley, Geoffrey Stahl
  • Patent number: 11790498
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for displaying augmented reality image content perceived as being overlaid on background image content viewed through a light-transmissive viewing surface. Image processing circuitry may receive input augmented reality image data corresponding with a pixel position on the display panel, determine a perceived background brightness metric indicative of background brightness level at the pixel position based at least in part on captured background image data and an ambient lighting metric, determine a target tone mapping based at least in part on the perceived background brightness metric, and determine display augmented reality image data to be used by a display panel to display the augmented reality image content least in part by applying the target tone mapping to the input augmented reality image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Mahnaz Mohammadi, Shuang Wang, José Antonio Dominguez-Caballero, Chaohao Wang, Tobias Jung, Jun Miao
  • Publication number: 20230326380
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a lenticular display. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film formed over an array of pixels. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display such that a viewer perceives three-dimensional images. To mitigate jaggedness in a curved edge of the active area, control circuitry may modify input pixel data for the display using dimming factors. Each brightness value of the pixel data may be multiplied by a corresponding dimming factor such that the curved edge has a smooth appearance. Each physical pixel in the display may have an associated perceived pixel that is based on an appearance of that physical pixel through the lenticular lens film. The perceived pixel may have a different footprint than its corresponding physical pixel. The dimming factors for boundary smoothing in the curved edges may be based on the perceived pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Juan He, Yi Huang, Jun Qi, ByoungSuk Kim, Hao Chen, Ping-Yen Chou, Yi-Pai Huang, Yue Ma, Sheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11781746
    Abstract: A fan light has a fan assembly, a connecting assembly, and a lighting disc assembly. The fan assembly has a motor case, a main shaft, and multiple fan blades. The connecting assembly has a connecting unit main body having a main shaft connecting screw hole and multiple lighting disc fixing holes, a screw fixing hole formed on an inner surface of the main shaft connecting screw hole, and a fixing unit. The main shaft is mounted in the main shaft connecting screw hole. The fixing unit is mounted in the screw fixing hole to fix the main shaft. The lighting disc assembly has a lighting disc fixing shell having multiple lighting disc mounting holes. The lighting disc fixing shell is fixed on the top surface of the connecting unit main body via the lighting disc mounting holes and the lighting disc fixing holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Foshan Carro Electrical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian-Sheng Zhang, Jian Gao, Han-Hua Huang
  • Patent number: 11783961
    Abstract: A conductive film includes a transparent supporting layer and a conductive grid. The transparent supporting layer includes a first side face and a second side face arranged opposite to each other, and the first side face is provided with grooves. A conductive material is filled in the grooves to form the conductive grid interconnected, and the conductive grid includes a plurality of circle lattices. Since the conductive material is filled in the grooves to form the conductive grid and the conductive grid includes a plurality of circle lattices, the dot pattern presented is relatively soft, and the impact on vision caused by interference is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SHINE OPTOELECTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Fei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11778042
    Abstract: A system and a method for downloading an application program of an industrial electric vehicle driver are provided. The system includes a downloader, a USB/CAN bus converter and a plurality of drivers. The system is capable of implementing concurrent simultaneous downloads of driver application programs in an online multi-channel and multi-node per channel manner. The downloader and the fully automatic downloading method help to improve the quality of the products leaving the factory and maintain the consistency of the products, thereby not only greatly enhancing product production efficiency and customer satisfaction, but also greatly reducing labor intensity, with significant economic and social benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Hao Chen, Jianning Gong, Xun Hao, Huan Ma, Haidong Ji, Yuntong Wang
  • Patent number: 11778723
    Abstract: A circuit board has a main board with a base material of insulating material, at least one metal base copper clad laminate, and each metal base copper clad laminate is provided with at least one component and a pin connected with the main board. The circuit board and the driving power supply with the circuit board have simple structure and low manufacturing cost, and are convenient for automatic manufacturing. The power device can be directly mounted on the metal substrate through the automation equipment, so that the metal substrate can realize the function of the heat sink, thereby improving the production efficiency and reducing the process quality hidden danger; at the same time, the grounding problem of the metal substrate is solved, and the EMC problem is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zai Le, Sheng Zhang, Lihong Tong
  • Patent number: 11741918
    Abstract: It may be desirable to implement a vignetting effect in a display. The vignetting effect causes the display to have a light-emitting area that gradually fades to a black, non-light-emitting area. The vignetting effect allows for the size and shape of the light-emitting area to be controlled while still being aesthetically pleasing to a viewer. To implement a vignetting mask for the vignetting effect, control circuitry in the electronic device may apply dimming factors to image data for the display. To avoid artifacts caused by the vignetting mask, an initial array of dimming factors for implementing the vignetting mask may have a range between ?0.5 and 1.5. After upsampling, clamping may be performed to reduce the range of the dimming factors to between 0 and 1. Ultimately, the dimming factors are applied to image data for each frame to implement the vignetting mask in each frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shengchang Cai, Sheng Zhang, Sterling G. Orsten, Shereef Shehata
  • Patent number: 11735612
    Abstract: Techniques for implementing and/or operating an electronic device that includes or utilizes a display panel. The display panel includes an organic light-emitting diode layer, an encapsulation layer disposed over the organic light-emitting diode layer, and a color filter layer disposed over the encapsulation layer. The color filter layer overhangs the organic light-emitting diode layer and comprises a first color filter cell of a first color component sub-pixel that at least partially overlaps an organic light-emitting diode of a second color component sub-pixel that is a different color compared to the first color component sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shengchang Cai, Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov, Chaohao Wang, Sheng Zhang, Giovanni Carbone, Igor Stamenov
  • Patent number: 11727619
    Abstract: A mixed reality system that includes a device and a base station that communicate via a wireless connection The device may include sensors that collect information about the user's environment and about the user. The information collected by the sensors may be transmitted to the base station via the wireless connection. The base station renders frames or slices based at least in part on the sensor information received from the device, encodes the frames or slices, and transmits the compressed frames or slices to the device for decoding and display. The base station may provide more computing power than conventional stand-alone systems, and the wireless connection does not tether the device to the base station as in conventional tethered systems. The system may implement methods and apparatus to maintain a target frame rate through the wireless link and to minimize latency in frame rendering, transmittal, and display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Y Zhang, Ray L. Chang, Timothy R. Oriol, Ling Su, Gurjeet S. Saund, Guy Cote, Jim C. Chou, Hao Pan, Tobias Eble, Avi Bar-Zeev, Sheng Zhang, Justin A. Hensley, Geoffrey Stahl
  • Patent number: 11716837
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic shielding film, including a supporting layer and N conductive layers. The supporting layer has a first side surface and a second side surface arranged oppositely, the N conductive layers are stacked on at least one of the first side surface and the second side surface, and N?2. Each of the N conductive layers includes a conductive grid, the conductive grid includes a conductive material filled in a grid-shaped trench, and at least two of the N conductive layers have conductive materials for shielding different bands, respectively. Different conductive layers have different conductive materials, and therefore can shield different bands, thereby broadening a shielding band of the electromagnetic shielding film, which can better meeting market demands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SHINE OPTOELECTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230234545
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic hybrid braking system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes multiple wheel-end braking modules (1), a hydraulic control module (2), a first electronic control module (3), and a second electronic control module (4). Each of the wheel-end braking modules (1) includes a hydraulic piston (10), a motor (8), and a speed-reducing transmission mechanism (9) configured to convert a rotary motion from the motor (8) into a linear motion for driving the hydraulic piston (10) or brake friction plates (12) to move forwards. The hydraulic piston (10) is movably arranged, and is movable forwards through brake hydraulic pressure. The motor (8) is controlled by the first electronic control module (3) and/or the second electronic control module (4). The electro-hydraulic hybrid braking system for a vehicle is applicable to a vehicle braking system for intelligent driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: BETHEL AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YONGBIN YUAN, SHENG ZHANG, GAOCHAO ZHANG, QIFEI FENG
  • Publication number: 20230234890
    Abstract: A method is provided for calculating gaseous diffusion and oxidation evolution of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) structure, which includes determining temperature and load distribution in a structural member; determining matrix crack distribution in the structure; establishing an equivalent diffusion coefficient model of a fiber bundle scale to predict a gas flow channel in a fiber bundle: averaging a total amount of gaseous diffusion in the channel to establish the equivalent diffusion coefficient model of the fiber bundle composite scale related to the matrix crack distribution; establishing a representative volume element (RVE) model; establishing an equivalent diffusion coefficient model of a RVE scale; calculating the distribution of the gas concentration and oxidation products in the structure; calculating a growth thickness of an oxide at cracks and pores in each element; and updating sealing conditions of the gas channel, and calculating a new equivalent diffusion coefficient field and the distribut
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Xiguang GAO, Yingdong SONG, Guoqiang YU, Sheng ZHANG, Xiaoting SHI, Zheng NI
  • Patent number: 11705029
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to compensate image data for display on a curved display. A pixel uniformity compensation factor may be applied based on a pixel uniformity compensation factor map that is calibrated to the display panel while the display panel has a flat shape, and a panel curvature compensation factor may be applied when the image content is to be displayed while the display panel has a curved shape. The panel curvature compensation factor may be based on a panel curvature compensation factor map that is calibrated to the display panel after the display panel is bent from the flat shape to the curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Shengchang Cai, ByoungSuk Kim, Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11699982
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a coil unit decoupling apparatus and a magnetic resonance system. The apparatus is connected to a first coil unit and a second coil unit in a magnetic resonance system, and is configured to separate, by using a distribution characteristic of a spatial quadrature field between the first coil unit and the second coil unit, a Helmholtz signal and an anti-Helmholtz signal from signals received from the first coil unit and the second coil unit, so as to implement decoupling between the first coil unit and the second coil unit. This facilitates the complexity of decoupling coil units being reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: JianMin Wang, Hui Sheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11686326
    Abstract: A mounting base of a ceiling fan has a mounting disc, a fitting sleeve, and a positioning unit. The mounting disc has a through hole. The fitting sleeve is mounted in the through hole and has a hanging block located on an end of the fitting sleeve. The fitting sleeve is hung on the mounting disc via the hanging block. An accommodating space is formed through the fitting sleeve and is adapted to accommodate a hanging rod. The positioning unit is mounted in the accommodating space and is capable of engaging with the hanging rod. The positioning unit has a bending edge. The positioning unit is hung on the fitting sleeve via the bending edge. The mounting base has a simplified assembling process and a great stability in mounting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Foshan Carro Electrical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian-Sheng Zhang, Ru-Hui Huang, Zhi-Qiang Yuan
  • Publication number: 20230199072
    Abstract: A system and a method for downloading an application program of an industrial electric vehicle driver are provided. The system includes a downloader, a USB/CAN bus converter and a plurality of drivers. The system is capable of implementing concurrent simultaneous downloads of driver application programs in an online multi-channel and multi-node per channel manner. The downloader and the fully automatic downloading method help to improve the quality of the products leaving the factory and maintain the consistency of the products, thereby not only greatly enhancing product production efficiency and customer satisfaction, but also greatly reducing labor intensity, with significant economic and social benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sheng ZHANG, Hao CHEN, Jianning GONG, Xun HAO, Huan MA, Haidong JI, Yuntong WANG
  • Patent number: 11668326
    Abstract: A hanging head connecting mechanism of a ceiling fan has a connecting seat, a hanging rod, and a motor shaft. The connecting seat has a connecting plate, a first bushing, a second bushing, and multiple connecting pieces. The second bushing is located around the first bushing. The hanging rod is mounted in the connecting seat and disposed between the first bushing and the second bushing. The motor shaft is mounted in the connecting seat and disposed inside the first bushing. The connecting pieces are serially mounted through the second bushing, the hanging rod, and the motor shaft. Two of the connecting pieces are each mounted on a respective one of two opposite sides of the second bushing, and a wire-routing gap is formed between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Foshan Carro Electrical Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian-Sheng Zhang, Zhi-Qiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11664901
    Abstract: A system and method for efficient optical signal amplification with system monitoring features are provided. For example, an optical repeater may include two different 4-port thin-film gain flattening filters (TF-GFFs), which may be connected to provide a high-loss loop-back (HLLB) path in the optical repeater for system monitoring. The 4-port TF-GFF may have four different ports and may integrate the functionalities of a conventional GFF and a coupler into a single component, thereby increasing power efficiency of the optical repeater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SUBCOM, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Haifeng Li
  • Publication number: 20230154926
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes a carrier substrate, a trap-rich layer, a dielectric layer, an interconnect structure, a device structure layer and a circuit structure. The trap-rich layer is disposed on the carrier substrate. The dielectric layer is disposed on the trap-rich layer. The interconnect structure is disposed on the dielectric layer. The device structure layer is disposed on the interconnect structure and electrically connected to the interconnect structure. The circuit structure is disposed on the device structure layer and electrically connected to the device structure layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Chunyuan QI, Xingxing Chen, Chien-Kee Pang