Patents by Inventor Yang Liu

Yang 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).

  • Patent number: 11974154
    Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting configuration information related to measurement control. The base station generates configuration information for measurement control, the configuration information including a first set of configuration information, a second set of configuration information and a determination condition. The first set of configuration information is related to a first measurement target, the first measurement target is related to a known moving trajectory, and the second set of configuration information is related to a second measurement target, the second measurement target is related to an unknown moving trajectory. The base station sends the configuration information to a user device to instruct the user device to adopt the first set of configuration information for cell measurement when the determination condition is met and to adopt the second set of configuration information for cell measurement when the determination condition is not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11974292
    Abstract: A method for receiving downlink control information (DCI) includes: receiving bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information transmitted by an access network device, the BWP configuration information configuring a target BWP located in an unlicensed spectrum and comprises m sub-bands, m being a positive integer greater than 1; determining the m sub-bands of the target BWP according to the BWP configuration information; monitoring a target sequence on the m sub-bands respectively; and monitoring DCI on all or part of the m sub-bands after the target sequence is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11973027
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure, a dielectric structure and a contact structure. The substrate has source/drain (S/D) regions. The gate structure is on the substrate and between the S/D regions. The dielectric structure covers the gate structure. The contact structure penetrates through the dielectric structure to connect to the S/D region. A lower portion of a sidewall of the contact structure is spaced apart from the dielectric structure by an air gap therebetween, while an upper portion of the sidewall of the contact structure is in contact with the dielectric structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei-Yu Chou, Jr-Hung Li, Liang-Yin Chen, Su-Hao Liu, Tze-Liang Lee, Meng-Han Chou, Kuo-Ju Chen, Huicheng Chang, Tsai-Jung Ho, Tzu-Yang Ho
  • Publication number: 20240137909
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an information transmission method and apparatus, and a communication device and a storage medium. The method comprises: a base station sending first paging early indication (PEI) configuration information, wherein the first PEI configuration information is used for indicating whether a reference signal is used for indicating a PEI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang LIU
  • Publication number: 20240135072
    Abstract: A method for forming a model of a bottom hole assembly (BHA) in a borehole, wherein the BHA is connected to a drill string. The method may further comprise segmenting the model into one or more segments and solving a multipoint boundary value problem (BVP) based at least in part on the one or more segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaixiao Tian, Tingting Zeng, Ketan C. Bhaidasna, Julien Christian Marck, Yang Liu
  • Publication number: 20240135803
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, an infrared transmitter, a light guide member, and a decorative sheet. The infrared transmitter and the light guide member are both disposed in the housing. The housing is provided with a through hole, and at least a part of the light guide member is disposed in the through hole. The light guide member has a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other. The first end has a curved surface protruding opposite to the second end. The infrared transmitter is opposite to a light inlet surface, and the infrared transmitter emits infrared light toward the light inlet surface. The second end has a light outlet surface. At least a part of the infrared light incident in the light guide member through the light inlet surface emits on the light outlet surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng NI, Hongchao ZHAO, Hongye CI, Yang LIU, Xin SHAN, Chao SHEN
  • Publication number: 20240133857
    Abstract: A device for on-site detection of soil organic matter, including a pre-processing module, a centrifugal system, a microfluidic chip, and a photoelectric detection module. The pre-processing module is configured to process a soil sample into a soil solution. The centrifugal system is configured to generate a centrifugal force. The microfluidic chip is configured to allow mixing of the soil solution and an extraction solvent for extraction under the centrifugal force to obtain an extract. The photoelectric detection module is configured to detect the extract to determine organic matter content in the soil solution. An on-site detection method and a microfluidic chip are also provided. The microfluidic chip includes a channel layer, a cover layer arranged above the channel layer, and a base plate layer arranged below the channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Rujing WANG, Jiangning CHEN, Xiangyu CHEN, Yongjia CHANG, Qinwen LU, Yang LIU, Yi LIU, Qiao CAO, Xiaoyu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240133751
    Abstract: Disclosure regards a temperature sensor and a temperature-sensing data processing module, including two counting units, each configured to set a reference clock signal and a frequency conversion signal to be a counting-clock signal and a counting-sample signal according to a control signal, wherein during a sampling period consisting of at least one signal cycle of the counting-sample signal, the two counting units count the numbers of rising edges and falling edges of the counting-clock signal; and a count-control unit configured to generate a doubled-frequency counting value based on a sum of the number of rising edges and the number of falling edges to generate a temperature value based on the doubled-frequency counting value and a temperature-frequency fitting function. Therefore, problems regarding temperature estimation errors in the prior art are effectively solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: GIGADEVICE SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventors: Yang Fan, Sanlin Liu, Keren Li
  • Publication number: 20240133876
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides devices, kits, and methods for focusing/enriching and/or separating/sorting submicron size particles, including biological entities such as exosomes and other submicron size extracellular vesicles. Devices, kits, and methods of the present disclosure utilize ferrohydrodynamic manipulation to focus populations of submicron particles into a stream for enrichment and/or further sort various sub-populations of submicron particles based on size differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Leidong Mao, Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11968369
    Abstract: A method of video processing is provided. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a video comprising a video unit and a bitstream of the video, whether a first coding tool is enabled for the video unit according to a rule. The rule specifies that the first coding tool and a second coding tool are mutually exclusively enabled. The first coding tool or the second coding tool comprises a sign data hiding tool. The method also includes performing the conversion according to the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Yang Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11965127
    Abstract: A cationic surfactant is disclosed. The cationic surfactant has the general formula [Z-D-N(-D1-NR13+)a(R)2-a][X?]a where Z is a siloxane moiety or an unsubstituted hydrocarbyl moiety having from 5 to 20 carbon atoms, D is a covalent bond or a divalent linking group, D1 is a divalent linking group, R is H or an unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, each R1 is an independently selected unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, subscript a is 1 or 2, and each X is an anion. A method of preparing the cationic surfactant is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DOW SILICONES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nanguo Liu, Zachary Wenzlick, Yang Cheng
  • Patent number: 11967272
    Abstract: A sweep voltage generator and a display panel are provided. The sweep voltage generator includes an output node, a current generating block and a voltage regulating block. The output node is used to provide a sweep signal. The current generating block is coupled to the output node, includes a detection path for detecting an output load variation on the output node, and adjusts the sweep signal provided by the output node based on the output load variation. The voltage regulating block is coupled to the output node for regulating a voltage of the output node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: AUO Corporation, National Cheng-Kung University
    Inventors: Chih-Lung Lin, Yi-Chen Huang, Chih-I Liu, Po-Cheng Lai, Ming-Yang Deng, Chia-En Wu, Ming-Hung Chuang, Chia-Tien Peng
  • Patent number: 11966711
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a solution for translation verification and correction. According to the solution, a neural network is trained to determine an association degree among a group of words in a source or target language. The neural network can be used for translation verification and correction. According to the solution, a group of words in a source language and translations of the group of words in a target language are obtained. An association degree among the group of words and an association degree among the translations can be determined by using the trained neural network. Then, whether there is a wrong translation can be determined based on the association degrees. In some embodiments, corresponding methods, systems and computer program products are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guang Ming Zhang, Xiaoyang Yang, Hong Wei Jia, Mo Chi Liu, Yun Wang
  • Patent number: 11965261
    Abstract: Devices and methods for purifying lithium from lithium salts, including those with low concentration of lithium salts, are provided. A molten composition comprising a lithium salt is electrolyzed with an anode in contact with the molten composition and a cathode separated from the molten composition by a solid electrolyte capable of conducting lithium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MetaGenesis, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Cui, Yang Jin, Hui Wu, Kai Liu, Jialiang Lang
  • Patent number: 11965855
    Abstract: The present utility model relates to a device for improving gas detection in a photoionization detector. A gas detector is provided. The device reduces interference of photoelectric noise on the reading of the gas detector for target gases such as volatile organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Chang Liu, Guangli Xie, Zhiguo Wang, Bo Chen, Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11967103
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for estimating a 3-D pose of an object of interest from image and point cloud data. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining an image of an environment; obtaining a point cloud of a three-dimensional region of the environment; generating a fused representation of the image and the point cloud; and processing the fused representation using a pose estimation neural network and in accordance with current values of a plurality of pose estimation network parameters to generate a pose estimation network output that specifies, for each of multiple keypoints, a respective estimated position in the three-dimensional region of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jingxiao Zheng, Xinwei Shi, Alexander Gorban, Junhua Mao, Andre Liang Cornman, Yang Song, Ting Liu, Ruizhongtai Qi, Yin Zhou, Congcong Li, Dragomir Anguelov
  • Patent number: 11968691
    Abstract: A resource scheduling method for use in a base station, includes: receiving semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information sent by a radio resource control (RRC) layer, the SPS configuration information including a period of SPS, the period of the SPS indicating a time interval between two adjacent scheduling subframes; determining a short transmission time interval (sTTI) resource activated in a target scheduling subframe according to the SPS configuration information and reference information; and providing an activation parameter to a physical layer according to the sTTI resource activated in the target scheduling subframe, such that the physical layer generates an activation notification containing the activation parameter for notifying a terminal of the sTTI resource activated in the target scheduling subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Liu, Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11968113
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium for computing power routing, wherein the method includes: receiving a packet which comprises an IP message; inserting network information of a first switching device in the IP message and re-encapsulating it to obtain an encapsulated packet; a second switching device collecting network information in the encapsulated packet and sending the network information to a controller; subscribing to computing power resource information and sending the information to the controller; constructing a global network topology diagram which includes multiple nodes; planning a general routing table for each node with the network information; planning a computing power routing table for each node with the network information and the computing power resource information; matching a destination routing path for the packet with a request type, wherein the path is determined according to the general routing table or the computing power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11967921
    Abstract: A solar tracker apparatus includes an adjustable hanger assembly that has a clam shell hanger assembly. The clam shell hanger assembly may hold a torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end. A center of mass of the solar tracker apparatus may be aligned with a center of rotation of the torque tubes, in order to reduce a load of a drive device operably coupled to the torque tube. Solar modules may be coupled to the torque tubes. The solar tracker includes an energy system that includes solar panel, a DC to DC converter, a battery, and a micro-controller. The energy system may facilitate full operation movement of the tracker apparatus without any external power lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLC
    Inventors: Yang Liu, Alexander W. Au
  • Patent number: 11968723
    Abstract: A method for random access includes: generating configuration information related to a physical random access channel, the configuration information including information of correspondence between a preamble and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) group, where the PUSCH group carries a first step request message in a two-step random access, and one or more preambles correspond to one PUSCH group; and sending the configuration information to user equipment (UE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Liu