Patents by Inventor Ying Ma

Ying Ma 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: 20200293436
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage media, for validation of mobile device workflows. In some implementations, a mobile device application to be tested is identified. An installation of the application on each of a plurality of remote mobile devices, including mobile devices having different hardware configurations and different operating system configurations, is initiated. Usage of the application by instructing the remote mobile devices to perform a series of operations using the application is simulated. Performance of the respective mobile devices during the simulated usage is measured. A document indicating performance of the application across the different mobile device configurations is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Herminio Carames, Andrew Smith, Binbin Wu, Ying Ma, Jun Peng, David Hagen
  • Patent number: 10763154
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flexible support to aid in a measurement of flatness of a susceptor. The flexible support has a first support block having a substantially flat upper surface and a lower surface having a first aperture formed therein. The flexible support further has a second support block having a substantially flat lower surface and an upper surface having a second aperture formed therein. The flexible support further has a support pin configured to be receivable in the first aperture and the second aperture, the support pin configured to retain the first support block and the second support block in a spaced apart relation while allowing restricted motion of the first support block relative to the second support block via deformation of the support pin. The flexible support further has a guide disposed between the first support block and the second support block, the guide configured to allow the first support block and the second support block to move axially relative to the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ying Ma, Yixi Tian, Shih Chang Chen, Jin Sun, Rodolfo Perez, Stanley Wu
  • Publication number: 20200257612
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for validating software functionality. In some implementations, data indicating a configuration of a first server environment running a third-party installation of a first version of an application is obtained. A second server environment is generated and is configured to run the first version of the application. The second server environment can be configured to use a set of configuration settings for the first server environment that are indicated by the data for the first server environment. An installer for a second version of the application to transition the second server environment to the second version of the application is run. Capabilities of the second version of the application are evaluated using a series of tests for the application on the second server environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy Lang, Herminio Carames, Andrew Smith, Ying Ma, Jun Peng
  • Patent number: 10732783
    Abstract: An image chat application generates comments to images based on features of the images. In one example, the image chat application searches through a repository of stored image-comment pairs to identify a stored image that is similar to the image, and generates a comment to the image based on an identified stored image-comment pair. In another example, the image chat application may identify and tag particular objects that dominate an image, and may generate a comment to the image based on characteristics of those particular objects. In this second example, the image chat application further generates a comment to the image based on comments previously associated with the identified tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kuiyuan Yang, Wei-Ying Ma, Chunyan Liu, Di Li, Pengfei Xu, Yong Rui, Baoxun Wang
  • Patent number: 10691755
    Abstract: Many users make use of search engines to locate desired internet content by submitting search queries. For example, a user may search for photos, applications, websites, videos, documents, and/or information regarding people, places, and things. Unfortunately, search engines may provide a plethora of information that a user may be left to sift through to find relevant content. Accordingly, one or more systems and/or techniques for organizing search results are disclosed herein. In particular, user generated content, such as photos, may be retrieved based upon a search query. The user generated content may be grouped into clusters of user generated content having similar features. Search results of the search query may be obtained and organized based upon comparing the search results with the clusters. The organized search results and/or a table of content including the clusters may be presented to provide an enhanced user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Xin-Jing Wang, Lei Zhang, Wei-Ying Ma
  • Publication number: 20200071823
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flexible support to aid in a measurement of flatness of a susceptor. The flexible support has a first support block having a substantially flat upper surface and a lower surface having a first aperture formed therein. The flexible support further has a second support block having a substantially flat lower surface and an upper surface having a second aperture formed therein. The flexible support further has a support pin configured to be receivable in the first aperture and the second aperture, the support pin configured to retain the first support block and the second support block in a spaced apart relation while allowing restricted motion of the first support block relative to the second support block via deformation of the support pin. The flexible support further has a guide disposed between the first support block and the second support block, the guide configured to allow the first support block and the second support block to move axially relative to the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Ying MA, Yixi TIAN, Shih Chang CHEN, Jin SUN, Rodolfo PEREZ, Stanley WU
  • Patent number: 10428426
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a deposition chamber is provided and includes a twin chamber that includes a first remote plasma system coupled and dedicated to a first processing region, a second remote plasma system coupled and dedicated to a second processing region, and a third remote plasma system shared by the first processing region and the second processing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Daemian Raj, Ying Ma, DongQing Li, Jay D. Pinson, II
  • Publication number: 20190043744
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring substrate lift pin operation is disclosed and includes a support pedestal for a vacuum chamber, the support pedestal comprising a body having a plurality of openings formed between two major sides of the body, and a substrate support device disposed in each of the plurality of openings, each of the support devices comprising a housing disposed in the body, the housing having a bore formed therethrough, and a support pin disposed in the bore, wherein the body includes a monitoring device positioned proximal to the support pins of each of the substrate support devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Tom K. CHO, Ali SALEHPOUR, Stanley WU, Ying MA
  • Publication number: 20180322188
    Abstract: An example environment can automatically generate content for a conversation in response to a presented content item. An example computing device receives information associated with a content item produced by a source system, the content item being accessible to other the computing devices via a network. In response to receiving the information, the computing device identifies a start comment. In response to identifying the start comment, the computing device identifies a reply to the start comment using at least a ranking model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ming ZHOU, Yu-Ting KUO, Furu WEI, Lei CUI, Shaohan HUANG, Kati LONDON, Wei-Ying MA, Haoyong ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10120883
    Abstract: Method and system for providing a user interface for presenting images of clusters of an image search result is provided. The user interface system displays the search result in a cluster/view form using a cluster panel and a view panel. The cluster panel contains a cluster area for each cluster. The view panel may contain thumbnails of images of the search result in a list view or a mix view. When a user selects a cluster area from the cluster panel, the user interface system displays a list view of thumbnails for that cluster in the view panel. The user interface system may display a thumbnail list near a cluster area of the cluster panel. The thumbnail list contains mini-thumbnails of the images of the selected cluster. The user interface system may also display a detail view of an image in the view panel when a user selects an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Feng Jing, Lei Zhang, Ming Jing Li, Wei-Ying Ma, Kefeng Deng
  • Publication number: 20180258531
    Abstract: Implementations described herein generally relate to an apparatus for forming flowable films. In one implementation, the apparatus is a diffuser including a body having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, a plurality of dome structures formed in the first surface, a central manifold formed in the second surface, and a plurality of tubular conduits coupled between the central manifold and a respective one of the plurality of dome structures, at least a portion of the plurality of tubular conduits being positioned diagonally relative to a plane of the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ying MA, Daemian RAJ, Greg CHICHKANOFF
  • Publication number: 20180245233
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an intelligent water control equipment for intermittently countercurrent rinsing plating articles, comprising: a multi-stage countercurrent rinse tank, a PLC automatic control system, a liquid level sensor, a water supply pump, a water discharge pump, a water inlet pipe and a water output pipe; the multi-stage countercurrent rinse tank is composed of n rinse tanks connected in series, the water inlet pipe of a preceding-stage rinse tank is connected with the water outlet pipe of a next-stage rinse tank, rinse water is conveyed to the final-stage rinse tank through the water supply pump, the water flow direction is opposite to the movement direction of plating articles; signals of the liquid level sensor and a conductivity electrode are input to the PLC automatic control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: JIANWEI DU, YONG WEN, FUQIANG LIU, KUANG HE, WEI ZHAO, MINGYANG ZHANG, AIMIN LI, YING MA
  • Publication number: 20180230597
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a plasma processing system. The plasma processing system includes a processing chamber, a chamber seasoning system, and a remote plasma cleaning system. The processing chamber has a chamber body defining a processing region and a plasma field. The chamber seasoning system is coupled to the processing chamber. The chamber seasoning system is configured to season the processing region and the plasma field. The remote plasma cleaning system is in communication with the processing chamber. The remote plasma cleaning system is configured to clean the processing region and the plasma field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ying MA, Daemian RAJ, Martin Jay SEAMONS, Ankit POKHREL, Greg CHICHKANOFF, Yizhen ZHANG, Jingmei LIANG, Jay D. PINSON, II, Dongqing LI, Juan Carlos ROCHA-ALVAREZ
  • Patent number: 10038462
    Abstract: A method of sparse digital cancellation of receiver nonlinear distortion in carrier aggregation systems is proposed. A reference signal generator generates possible candidate reference signals to be included in a dictionary matrix D. A sparsity-based solution is then applied to dynamically select reference signals based on the RF transceiver configuration. Based on the auto-correlation and cross-correlation with an observed radio signal, a subset of reference signals is selected from the dictionary matrix to match the distortion signal. The number of selected reference signals is flexibly determined based on the design constraints on complexity and power consumption. A greedy sparse estimation approaches, e.g., Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP) can be used for reference signal selection. The reference signal selection is dynamic and adapts itself for different channel responses through correlating the observed radio signal with the dictionary reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Ahmad Gomaa, Charles Chien, Ming Lei, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chun-Ying Ma
  • Publication number: 20180148840
    Abstract: Implementations described herein generally relate to an apparatus for forming flowable films. In one implementation, the apparatus is a processing chamber including a first RPS coupled to a lid of the processing chamber and a second RPS coupled to a side wall of the processing chamber. The first RPS is utilized for delivering deposition radicals into a processing region in the processing chamber and the second RPS is utilized for delivering cleaning radicals into the processing region. The processing chamber further includes a radical delivery ring disposed between a showerhead and a substrate support for delivering cleaning radicals from the second RPS into the processing region. Having separate RPSs for deposition and clean along with introducing radicals from the RPSs into the processing region using separate delivery channels minimizes cross contamination and cyclic change on the RPSs, leading to improved deposition rate drifting and particle performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Ying MA, Daemian RAJ, Jay D. PINSON, II, DongQing LI, Jingmei LIANG, Yizhen ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9871031
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a P-type substrate, and an N-well in the P-type substrate. A first N+ diffusion region is located in the P-type substrate, and a first P+ diffusion region is located in the N-well. A second P+ diffusion region is located across a boundary between the P-type substrate and the N-well. A first gate electrode overlies the N-well between the first P+ diffusion regions and the second P+ diffusion region. A second gate electrode overlies the P-type substrate between the second P+ diffusion region and the first N+ diffusion region. The first P+ diffusion region, the N-well, the P-type substrate, and the first N+ diffusion region form an SCR (Silicon-Controlled rectifier) device. The first P+ diffusion region, the second P+ diffusion region, and the first gate electrode form a PMOS transistor. The second P+ diffusion region, the first N+ diffusion region, and the second gate electrode form a gated diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Liu, Jun Wang, Ying Ma, Bin Lu, Huijuan Cheng
  • Publication number: 20170331502
    Abstract: A method of sparse digital cancellation of receiver nonlinear distortion in carrier aggregation systems is proposed. A reference signal generator generates possible candidate reference signals to be included in a dictionary matrix D. A sparsity-based solution is then applied to dynamically select reference signals based on the RF transceiver configuration. Based on the auto-correlation and cross-correlation with an observed radio signal, a subset of reference signals is selected from the dictionary matrix to match the distortion signal. The number of selected reference signals is flexibly determined based on the design constraints on complexity and power consumption. A greedy sparse estimation approaches, e.g., Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP) can be used for reference signal selection. The reference signal selection is dynamic and adapts itself for different channel responses through correlating the observed radio signal with the dictionary reference signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Ahmad Gomaa, Charles Chien, Ming Lei, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chun-Ying Ma
  • Publication number: 20170306493
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a deposition chamber is provided and includes a twin chamber that includes a first remote plasma system coupled and dedicated to a first processing region, a second remote plasma system coupled and dedicated to a second processing region, and a third remote plasma system shared by the first processing region and the second processing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Daemian RAJ, Ying MA, DongQing LI, Jay D. PINSON, II
  • Patent number: 9788080
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically inserting advertisements into source video content playback streams are described. In one aspect, the systems and methods communicate a source video content playback stream to a video player to present source video to a user. During playback of the source video, and in response to receipt of a request from the user to navigate portions of the source video (e.g., a user command to fast forward the source video, rewind the source video, or other action), the systems and methods dynamically define a video advertisement clip insertion point (e.g., and insertion point based on a current playback position). The systems and methods then insert a contextually relevant and/or targeted video advertisement clip into the playback stream for presentation to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Xian-Sheng Hua, Wei Lai, Wei-Ying Ma, Shipeng Li
  • Publication number: 20170270222
    Abstract: Many users make use of search engines to locate desired internet content by submitting search queries. For example, a user may search for photos, applications, websites, videos, documents, and/or information regarding people, places, and things. Unfortunately, search engines may provide a plethora of information that a user may be left to sift through to find relevant content. Accordingly, one or more systems and/or techniques for organizing search results are disclosed herein. In particular, user generated content, such as photos, may be retrieved based upon a search query. The user generated content may be grouped into clusters of user generated content having similar features. Search results of the search query may be obtained and organized based upon comparing the search results with the clusters. The organized search results and/or a table of content comprising the clusters may be presented to provide an enhanced user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Xin-Jing WANG, Lei ZHANG, Wei-Ying MA