Patents by Inventor Xiaowen Wang
Xiaowen Wang 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: 20210321265Abstract: An evolved Node B (eNB) serves as a primary serving cell (PCell) providing a primary component carrier (PCC) in a licensed spectrum to a user equipment (UE) in a carrier aggregation (CA) scheme. A secondary component carrier (SCC) is provided in an unlicensed spectrum. The eNB monitors parameters of bandwidths in the unlicensed spectrum, when at least one of the parameters indicates a change in availability of a select one of the bandwidths, the eNB generates a control indicator defining the change in availability of the bandwidth and broadcasts the control indicator to the UE, wherein the control indicator affects a modification in a transceiver of the UE associated with the bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Tianyan PU, Farouk BELGHOUL, Wei ZENG, Wei ZHANG, Xiaowen WANG, Yang LI, Ping WANG, Haitong SUN, Beibei WANG, Yuchul KIM, Johnson O. SEBENI, Dawei ZHANG, Sami M. ALMALFOUH, Zhu JI, Sunny ARORA
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Patent number: 10999798Abstract: An interface circuit in an electronic device (such as an access point) may provide a wake-up beacon to a recipient electronic device. During operation, the interface circuit may provide a wake-up beacon associated with a predefined sub-channel in one or more channels in a band of frequencies, where the wake-up beacon is for a wake-up radio in the recipient electronic device. Moreover, the wake-up beacon may be provided within an associated time interval, such as a keep-alive interval of the electronic device. In some embodiments, the wake-up beacon includes a field with channel information that specifies one or more second channels used by a main radio in the recipient electronic device. Alternatively or additionally, the wake-up beacon may include a field with service information that specifies one or more types of services and/or a field with information specifying a transmit power of the interface circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guoqing Li, Yong Liu, Oren Shani, Christiaan A. Hartman, Xiaowen Wang, Christian W. Mucke, Tushar R. Shah, Jarkko L. Kneckt, Matthew L. Semersky, Yoel Boger, Josef Peery, Rajneesh Kumar
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Patent number: 10993117Abstract: An evolved Node B (eNB) serves as a primary serving cell (PCell) providing a primary component carrier (PCC) in a licensed spectrum to a user equipment (UE) in a carrier aggregation (CA) scheme. A secondary component carrier (SCC) is provided in an unlicensed spectrum. The eNB monitors parameters of bandwidths in the unlicensed spectrum, when at least one of the parameters indicates a change in availability of a select one of the bandwidths, the eNB generates a control indicator defining the change in availability of the bandwidth and broadcasts the control indicator to the UE, wherein the control indicator affects a modification in a transceiver of the UE associated with the bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tianyan Pu, Farouk Belghoul, Wei Zeng, Wei Zhang, Xiaowen Wang, Yang Li, Ping Wang, Haitong Sun, Beibei Wang, Yuchul Kim, Johnson O. Sebeni, Dawei Zhang, Sami M. Almalfouh, Zhu Ji, Sunny Arora
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Patent number: 10924993Abstract: An interface circuit in an electronic device (such as an access point) may utilize a configurable wake-up-frame format. During operation, the interface circuit may receive a wake-up-radio (WUR)-setup request associated with a recipient electronic device, where the WUR-setup request specifies a proposed configurable wake-up-frame format. In response, the electronic device may determine the configurable wake-up-frame format to be used based at least in part on the proposed configurable wake-up-frame format. Then, the interface circuit may provide a WUR-setup response intended for the recipient electronic device, where the WUR-setup response specifies the configurable wake-up-frame format selected for use. Note that the configurable wake-up-frame format may specify a payload length in a wake-up frame and/or one or more operations of at least one of the recipient electronic device or the electronic device after the wake-up frame is transmitted by the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jarkko L. Kneckt, Matthew L. Semersky, Christiaan A. Hartman, Oren Shani, Yong Liu, Xiaowen Wang, Tushar R. Shah, Yoel Boger, Rajneesh Kumar, Josef Peery, Christian W. Mucke, Guoqing Li
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Publication number: 20210016720Abstract: An actuator for adjusting a display terminal and a vehicle are provided. The actuator includes: a mounting unit configured to mount a display terminal; a clutch unit, a first engaging portion of the clutch unit being connected to the mounting unit, and a second engaging portion of the clutch unit being normally interlocked with the first engaging portion; and a drive unit, an output end of the drive unit being connected to the second engaging portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Sheng BAI, Xiaoru ZHANG, Chao CUI, Xiaowen WANG
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Publication number: 20200288326Abstract: This application relates to electronic devices configured to connect to a wireless local area network and communicate using a trigger-based access mechanism. An access point is configured to manage the wireless local area network. The access point includes a processing subsystem configured to select a channel associated with a communications medium for communicating with the set of electronic devices. The processing subsystem is also configured to monitor the channel to detect interference from radio frequency sources not connected to the wireless local area network, receive channel information for at least one additional channel associated with the communications medium from the electronic devices, and configure an interface circuit of the access point to communicate with the set of electronic devices on a new channel based, at least in part, on the channel information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Daniel R. BORGES, Joseph HAKIM, Sriram HARIHARAN, Yoel BOGER, Xiaowen WANG, Yaniv DVORY
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Patent number: 10728734Abstract: In some embodiments, a user equipment device (UE) implements a method for discovering the presence of neighboring UEs using an on-demand discovery signal transmission technique. This discovery process may be performed to enable the UEs to perform peer-to-peer communications with each other, wherein peer-to-peer communications is defined as direct communication between the UEs without involving a base station. The UE may be configured to transmit a discovery request signal when it has moved greater than a threshold amount since transmission of a prior discovery request signal. The discovery request signal causes one or more neighboring UEs to each transmit a discovery signal in response, and also causes the UE which generated the discovery request signal to transmit its own discovery signal. The received discovery signal from each of the neighboring UEs is useable to discover, or detect the presence of, these neighboring UEs.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yuchul Kim, Xiaowen Wang, Tarik Tabet, Dawei Zhang, Syed Aon Mujtaba
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Patent number: 10700724Abstract: A method for facilitating in-device coexistence between wireless communication technologies on a wireless communication device is provided. The method can include transmitting data traffic from the wireless communication device via an aggressor wireless communication technology; determining occurrence of an in-device interference condition resulting from transmission of the data traffic via the aggressor wireless communication technology interfering with concurrent data reception by the wireless communication device via a victim wireless communication technology; and reducing a bit rate of the data traffic transmitted via the aggressor wireless communication technology in response to the in-device interference condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Wen Zhao, Paul V. Flynn, William S. Burchill, Vinay R. Majjigi, Xiaowen Wang, Syed A. Mujtaba, Kee-Bong Song
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Patent number: 10638423Abstract: An interface circuit in an electronic device (such as an access point) may provide a group wake-up packet to a group of recipient electronic devices in a set of recipient electronic devices. During operation, the interface circuit may select the group in the set of recipient electronic devices, where the group includes at least one of the recipient electronic devices. Then, the interface circuit may provide the group wake-up packet for the recipient electronic devices in the group with information that specifies that a subset of the recipient electronic devices in the group transition from a low-power mode. For example, the information may include a bitmap that specifies the subset and an identifier of the group. Note that the electronic device may dynamically define the group. Alternatively, the recipient electronic devices in the group may be static.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guoqing Li, Yong Liu, Oren Shani, Xiaowen Wang, Christiaan A. Hartman, Matthew L. Semersky, Josef Peery, Yoel Boger, Tushar R. Shah, Rajneesh Kumar, Christian W. Mucke
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Patent number: 10602483Abstract: Embodiments relate to apparatus, systems, and methods for reception of calls on a mobile device that includes Wi-Fi and cellular radios. The mobile device may be configured to establish communication on a Wi-Fi network with a cellular carrier. The mobile device may further be configured to register a first IP address with an IMS server for the Wi-Fi network communication and register a second IP address with the IMS server for the cellular network communication (or register different ports of a single IP address with Wi-Fi and cellular). Upon occurrence of a mobile terminating call from the cellular carrier, the mobile device may receive an incoming call notification on one or both of the Wi-Fi network using the first IP address and the cellular network using the second IP address.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ajoy K. Singh, Paul V. Flynn, Syed Aon Mujtaba, Vinay R. Majjigi, Wen Zhao, Xiaowen Wang
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Publication number: 20200009197Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for the reprogramming of cells such as fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes. The invention provided herein features a chemically defined media and methods of reprogramming cells to increase cardiac gene and protein expression in cardiac fibroblasts and other fibroblasts, e.g. dermal fibroblasts. The media and methods also enhance miR-combo mediated cardiac reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes. Thus, the invention encompasses a chemically defined reprogramming media comprising a base tissue culture media, insulin-transferrin-selenium (ITS) or ascorbic acid in a somatic cell-reprogramming, e.g., fibroblast-to-cardiomyocyte-reprogramming, amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Xiaowen Wang, Conrad P. Hodgkinson, Victor Dzau
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Patent number: 10470126Abstract: In order to reduce power consumption of an electronic device during communication with another electronic device in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the electronic device analyzes fields in a given packet prior to a payload of the given packet to look for information that specifies a destination of the given packet. For example, the information may include: a full associated identification (AID) of the destination, a partial media-access-control (MAC) address of the destination; and/or a compressed (MAC) address of the destination. The information may be included in the preamble of the given packet. In particular, the information may replace length information in a high-throughput signal field in the given packet. Moreover, if the destination is other than the electronic device, the electronic device dumps the given packet and changes a power state of the electronic device, thereby reducing the power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Joonsuk Kim, Syed A. Mujtaba, Xiaowen Wang
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Patent number: 10462792Abstract: A method and a device for performing massive multiple-input and multiple-output (“MIMO”) operations with a user equipment (UE). The method and device receive signals from a UE within a coverage area of the device, determine a location of the UE within the coverage area and assign an operating frequency band to the UE for communication with the device, wherein the coverage area includes a plurality of regions and the operating frequency band assigned to the UE is based on the one of the regions corresponding to the location and transmit the operating frequency band assignment to the UE.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Xiaowen Wang, William Burchill, Dawei Zhang
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Publication number: 20190312606Abstract: A method for facilitating in-device coexistence between wireless communication technologies on a wireless communication device is provided. The method can include transmitting data traffic from the wireless communication device via an aggressor wireless communication technology; determining occurrence of an in-device interference condition resulting from transmission of the data traffic via the aggressor wireless communication technology interfering with concurrent data reception by the wireless communication device via a victim wireless communication technology; and reducing a bit rate of the data traffic transmitted via the aggressor wireless communication technology in response to the in-device interference condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Wen ZHAO, Paul V. FLYNN, William S. BURCHILL, Vinay R. MAJJIGI, Xiaowen WANG, Syed A. MUJTABA, Kee-Bong SONG
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Patent number: 10345435Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a waveform design for time-of-flight estimation in a wireless communication system. The waveform may include a number N of signal tones, wherein the number N of signal tones is greater than a number M of signal tones that the receiving wireless device is configured to decode. Upon receipt of the waveform, the receiving wireless device may store a timestamp which indicates a time of receipt of the waveform. The receiving wireless device may decode M of the N signal tones. For example, the receiving wireless device may decode the middle M signal tones of the N signal tones. One or more of the transmitting or receiving wireless devices may then estimate a distance between them based at least in part on the timestamp.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Syed Aon Mujtaba, Xiaowen Wang
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Publication number: 20190182675Abstract: An evolved Node B (eNB) serves as a primary serving cell (PCell) providing a primary component carrier (PCC) in a licensed spectrum to a user equipment (UE) in a carrier aggregation (CA) scheme. A secondary component carrier (SCC) is provided in an unlicensed spectrum. The eNB monitors parameters of bandwidths in the unlicensed spectrum, when at least one of the parameters indicates a change in availability of a select one of the bandwidths, the eNB generates a control indicator defining the change in availability of the bandwidth and broadcasts the control indicator to the UE, wherein the control indicator affects a modification in a transceiver of the UE associated with the bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Tianyan PU, Farouk BELGHOUL, Wei ZENG, Wei ZHANG, Xiaowen WANG, Yang LI, Ping WANG, Haitong SUN, Beibei WANG, Yuchul KIM, Johnson O. SEBENI, Dawei ZHANG, Sami M. ALMALFOUH, Zhu Jl, Sunny ARORA
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Patent number: 10273550Abstract: An ultrasound-assisting quenching process includes: S1) connect the workpiece with the ultrasonic unit tightly; S2) heat the workpiece to the quenching temperature and then hold for a period of time; S3) start the ultrasonic unit, then the ultrasound energy can be injected into the workpiece directly; and S4) put the workpiece into the coolant quickly to make the workpiece to be quenched. The device for this process mainly includes the ultrasonic unit and a heating unit. This invention inputs the ultrasound energy into the workpiece during the quenching process. Under the action of the ultrasound, the grain size of the workpiece after quenching process will be much smaller compared with the conventional quenching process. Therefore, the ultrasound-assisting quenching process can improve the strength and plasticity of the material, and extend the life of the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Lin Hua, Yanxiong Liu, Xiaowen Wang, Zhou Wang, Wuhao Zhuang
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Publication number: 20190082443Abstract: An electronic device that determines a transmission schedule is described. This electronic device may include an interface circuit that communicates with a recipient electronic device. During operation, the electronic device may receive a frame with scheduling-request information that is associated with the recipient electronic device. The scheduling-request information may include a buffer status report for persistent traffic, and the frame may be compatible with an IEEE 802.11 communication protocol. For example, the frame may include a scheduling-request management frame. Alternatively, the frame may include a data frame and the scheduling-request information may be included in a media access control (MAC) frame header, such as a high-efficiency (HE) variant high-throughput (HT) control header. Then, the electronic device may determine the transmission schedule based at least in part on the scheduling-request information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Guoqing Li, Christiaan A. Hartman, Daniel R. Borges, Jarkko L. Kneckt, Oren Shani, Tushar R. Shah, Xiaowen Wang, Yong Liu, Christian W. Mucke, Joseph Hakim, Farouk Belghoul, Ayman F. Naguib, Karan Sanghi, Cahya Adiansyah Masputra
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Publication number: 20190069231Abstract: An interface circuit in an electronic device (such as an access point) may utilize a configurable wake-up-frame format. During operation, the interface circuit may receive a wake-up-radio (WUR)-setup request associated with a recipient electronic device, where the WUR-setup request specifies a proposed configurable wake-up-frame format. In response, the electronic device may determine the configurable wake-up-frame format to be used based at least in part on the proposed configurable wake-up-frame format. Then, the interface circuit may provide a WUR-setup response intended for the recipient electronic device, where the WUR-setup response specifies the configurable wake-up-frame format selected for use. Note that the configurable wake-up-frame format may specify a payload length in a wake-up frame and/or one or more operations of at least one of the recipient electronic device or the electronic device after the wake-up frame is transmitted by the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Jarkko L. Kneckt, Matthew L. Semersky, Christiaan A. Hartman, Oren Shani, Yong Liu, Xiaowen Wang, Tushar R. Shah, Yoel Boger, Rajneesh Kumar, Josef Peery, Christian W. Mucke, Guoqing Li
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Patent number: 10205474Abstract: A method for facilitating in-device coexistence between wireless communication technologies on a wireless communication device is provided. The method can include transmitting data traffic from the wireless communication device via an aggressor wireless communication technology; determining occurrence of an in-device interference condition resulting from transmission of the data traffic via the aggressor wireless communication technology interfering with concurrent data reception by the wireless communication device via a victim wireless communication technology; and reducing a bit rate of the data traffic transmitted via the aggressor wireless communication technology in response to the in-device interference condition.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Wen Zhao, Paul V. Flynn, William S. Burchill, Vinay R. Majjigi, Xiaowen Wang, Syed A. Mujtaba, Kee-Bong Song