Patents Represented by Attorney Xin Wen
  • Patent number: 7242469
    Abstract: New and improved applications of Raman Scattering are disclosed. These applications may be implemented with or without using an enhanced nano-structured surface that is trademarked as the RamanNanoChip™ disclosed in a pending patent. As a RamanNanoChip™ provides much higher sensitivity in SERS compared with conventional enhance surface, broader scopes of applications are now enabled and can be practically implemented as now disclosed in this application. Furthermore, a wide range of applications is achievable as new and improved Raman sensing applications. By applying the analysis of Raman scattering spectrum, applications can be carried out to identify unknown chemical compositions to perform the tasks of homeland security; food, drug and drinking materials safety; early disease diagnosis; environmental monitoring; industrial process monitoring, precious metal and gem authentications, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Opto Trace Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Wang, Zhimin Liu
  • Patent number: 7242993
    Abstract: An automated manufacturing system comprises a computer processing system and a plurality of consolidation systems. The computer processing system receives information on product subbatches and product packages and consolidation status information to produce consolidation assignment information, each product package comprising one or more product subbatches. The consolidation systems receive the product subbatches in accordance to the consolidation assignment information and consolidate the product subbatches into product packages, wherein the status of the consolidation systems are tracked and the consolidation status information is sent to the computer processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Wen, Russ Ennio Muzzolini, Jeff D. Boone
  • Patent number: 7236258
    Abstract: A method for producing personalized greeting cards includes receiving a plurality of greeting card orders from users and separating the ordered greeting cards into batches. The ordered greeting cards are produced in batches and a batch-separation symbol is printed on at least one greeting card in each batch. The greeting cards produced are separated into batches using the batch-separation symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Wen, David Allen Jared, Dhiraj Kacker
  • Patent number: 7230628
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of generating a visual representation of an image based product. Where the image based product is a picture image, the method produces a framed prototype image showing the picture image framed within a frame. The method includes providing a frame image showing the frame in a perspective view. The frame image has a picture portion corresponding to the portion of the frame used to view a picture mounted in the frame. The method includes mapping the picture image to the picture portion of the frame image in order to generate the frame prototype image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Haeberli
  • Patent number: 7200336
    Abstract: An optical transceiver module includes an optical-to-electrical converter configured to convert a first optical signal to a first electric signal, a first amplifier configured to amplify the first electric signal, a bandwidth controller coupled to the first amplifier, configured to control the frequency response characteristics of the amplification of the first amplifier to produce a first amplified electric signal, a driver circuit configured to receive a second electric signal and to produce a second amplified electric signal in response to the second electric signal and an optical feedback signal, an electrical-to-optical converter coupled to the micro-controller and configured to convert the second amplified electrical signal to a second optical signal, and a photo diode configured to detect the second optical signal and to produce the optical feedback signal to be received by the driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Fiberxon, Inc.
    Inventors: Rangchen Yu, Yuanjun Huang, Mingshou He, Bin Wei, Jiang Tian
  • Patent number: 7190370
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of generating a visual representation of an image based product. Where the image based product is a picture image, the method produces a framed prototype image showing the picture image framed within a frame. The method includes providing a frame image showing the frame in a perspective view. The frame image has a picture portion corresponding to the portion of the frame used to view a picture mounted in the frame. The method includes mapping the picture image to the picture portion of the frame image in order to generate the frame prototype image. The method also includes presenting an enhanced edit set along with the frame prototype image. The enhanced edit set includes user manipulatable tools for editing either the picture or the frame in the perspective view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Haeberli, John Skidgel
  • Patent number: 7183540
    Abstract: A system for measuring gains of a plurality of photo diodes includes a chamber adapted to host the plurality of photo diodes and a temperature control unit configured to control the temperature within the chamber to a predetermined temperature. A control unit selects at least one of the plurality of photo diodes. A hosting unit is configured to provide a bias voltage to the selected photo diode at the predetermined temperature. A light source transmits photo signals to the selected photo diode at the predetermined temperature. A measurement unit configured to measure current signals generated by the selected photo diode in response to the photo signals under the bias voltage at the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Fiberxon Inc.
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Xuefei Zeng, Zhong Yang, Yuanjun Huang, Zhiyong Jiang, Jun Cao
  • Patent number: 7153043
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes a multi-layer printed circuit board comprising a plurality of layers and a first electric circuit and a flexible printed circuit board comprising a second electric circuit in connection with the first electric circuit. At least one of the layers is a rigid printed circuit board layer. A flexible printed circuit board is an extension of one of the layers in the multi-layer printed circuit board. An electro-optical component in communication with the first electric circuit and the second electric circuit can convert an electric signal to an optical signal or an optical signal to an electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Fiberxon, Inc.
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Huadong Lei, Hongbin Wang
  • Patent number: 7146575
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method uploads image data to a remote computer such as a server by: defining an area in a user interface adapted to receive an image; generating a thumbnail associated with the image when the image is associated with the area; and, uploading the image to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eva Manolis, Chase Garfinkle, Patrick Teo, Hwei Mien Quek, Roderick Mann
  • Patent number: 7120274
    Abstract: A computer-assisted method for detecting copyright protection in digital images receives a digital image, searches for capture device information associated with the digital image, calculates one or more image characteristics of the digital image, and verifies copyright ownership and usage authorization of the digital image in response to the capture device information and the calculated image characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Dhiraj Kacker, Russell Ennio Muzzolini
  • Patent number: 7082227
    Abstract: A method for personalizing an image-based physical manifestation to conform with user preferences for image processing. In one implementation, the method includes identifying an image for processing, identifying user preferences for image processing and processing the image including manipulating image data for the image in accordance with the user preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel R. Baum, Xin Wen
  • Patent number: 7042044
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) comprises a contactless array of EEPROM memory cells disposed in rows and columns and constructed over a silicon-on-insulator wafer. Each EEPROM memory cell comprises a drain region, a source region, a gate region, and a body region. The semiconductor device further comprises a plurality of gate lines each connecting the gate regions of a row of EEPROM memory cells, a plurality of body lines each connecting the body regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells, a plurality of source lines each connecting the source regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells, and a plurality of drain lines each connecting the drain regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells. The source lines and the drain lines are buried lines, and the source regions and the drain regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells are insulated from the source regions and the drain regions of the adjacent columns of EEPROM memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventor: Koucheng Wu
  • Patent number: 7016869
    Abstract: A system and method for changing attributes of an image-based product in which an attribute of a first image is automatically identified and a new value for a product attribute of the image-based product is automatically selected based on the image attribute. Also, a user interface can be provided that allows a user to actuate a user interface control in order to select a new value for a product attribute of an image-based product. Such techniques can be used to offer image-based products for sale over a computer network such as the Internet so that the user can change attributes of the image-based products before ordering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Haeberli
  • Patent number: 6973222
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for cropping an image to be included in an image-based product by displaying the image; generating a crop mask based on cropping product attributes, the crop mask having a selected portion corresponding to a selected portion of the image and a cropped portion corresponding to a cropped portion of the image, the crop mask having a user selectable size; and displaying the crop mask over the image to visually indicate the selected portion of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Haeberli
  • Patent number: 6963121
    Abstract: A three-terminal semiconductor transistor device comprises a base region formed by a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type at a first concentration, the base region being in contact with a first electrical terminal via a semiconductor material of the second conductivity type at a second concentration, wherein the second concentration is lower than the first concentration. The three-terminal semiconductor transistor device also includes a conductive emitter region in contact with the semiconductor base region, forming a first Schottky barrier junction at the interface of the conductive emitter region and the semiconductor base region. The conductive emitter region is in contact with a second electrical terminal. The three-terminal semiconductor transistor device further includes a conductive collector region in contact with the semiconductor base region, which forms a second Schottky barrier junction at the interface of the conductive collector region and the semiconductor base region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Inventor: Koucheng Wu
  • Patent number: 6943866
    Abstract: A system and method of backprinting image prints in which an order is received specifying one or more recipients and, for each specified recipient, a set of one or more images associated with that recipient. For each recipient specified by the order, the images associated with the recipient are separated into at least one printable unit of images, and, for each printable unit, each image in the printable unit is printed on a first side of an image print. Backprinting information is backprinted on the other side of one or more of the image prints. The backprinting information can be received from a user and backprinted onto one or images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Jarret L. Redd, Daniel R. Baurn
  • Patent number: 6744111
    Abstract: A three-terminal semiconductor transistor device comprises a semiconductor base region in contact with a first electric terminal, a conductive emitter region in contact with the semiconductor base region, forming a first Schottky barrier junction at the interface of the conductive emitter region and the semiconductor base region. The conductive emitter region is in contact with a second electric terminal. The three-terminal semiconductor transistor device further includes a conductive collector region in contact with the semiconductor base region, forming a second Schottky barrier junction at the interface of the conductive collector region and the semiconductor base region. The conductive collector region is in contact with a third electric terminal. The tunneling currents through the first and the second Schottky barrier junctions are substantially controlled by the voltage of the semiconductor base region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventor: Koucheng Wu