Patents Assigned to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Patent number: 9217733
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting residual poison in human body are provided. Using the disclosed HPLC-Chip-mass spectrometry (MS)/MS and/or HPLC-MS/MS method to detect the residual poison, the method of the present invention mainly includes sample preparation, liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. The method of the present invention has advantages of low sample size, high specificity, low detection limit, high sensitivity, low cost, high accuracy and stability, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Karl Wah Keung Tsim, Tina Tingxia Dong, Kevin Yue Zhu, Ka Wing Leung, Tiejie Wang
  • Patent number: 9214568
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes: a source region; a drain region; and a polycrystalline thin film active channel region connected to the source region and the drain region, the active channel region comprising grains and being doped with a two-dimensional pattern comprising a plurality of doped regions, the plurality of doped regions each comprising at least portions of a plurality of the grains and at least one grain boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hoi Sing Kwok, Meng Zhang, Shuming Chen, Wei Zhou, Man Wong
  • Patent number: 9166197
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic light emitting diode (OLED), having a substrate, an anode layer of silver or gold, wherein the anode layer is treated with CF4 plasma to enhance the hole injection of the semitransparent anode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hoi Sing Kwok, Man Wong, Huajun Peng, Jiaxin Sun
  • Patent number: 9160326
    Abstract: Providing gate protection to a group III-semiconductor device by delivering gate overdrive immunity is described herein. The gate protection can be achieved by embedding a gate-voltage-controlling second transistor to the gate electrode of a first transistor. In other words, a first gate electrode of the first semiconductor device is in series with a second source electrode of the second semiconductor device, and a second gate electrode of the second semiconductor device is connected to the second source electrode and the first gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jing Chen, Man Ho Kwan
  • Publication number: 20150264327
    Abstract: A projection device including a light source, a reflective spatial polarization modulator, a polarization grating, and a projection lens is provided. The light source is configured to provide a light beam. The reflective spatial polarization modulator is disposed on a path of the light beam and configured to reflect the light beam and modulate a polarization state of the light beam. The polarization grating is disposed on the path of the light beam between the light source and the reflective spatial polarization modulator, wherein the reflective spatial polarization modulator reflects the light beam from the reflective spatial polarization modulator back to the polarization grating. The projection lens is disposed on the path of the light beam from the reflective spatial polarization modulator, wherein the polarization grating is disposed on the path of the light beam between the reflective spatial polarization modulator and the projection lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicants: Himax Display, Inc., The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hoi-Sing Kwok, Li Tan, Yuet-Wing Li
  • Patent number: 9133258
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel myomegalin isoform—myomegalin variant 8 (MMG8). The myomegalin variant 8 regulates microtubule organization at the Golgi apparatus, protein modification, secretion and trafficking, and cell proliferation. The present invention also provides nucleic acid molecules encoding the myomegalin isoforms, and vectors and host cells containing the nucleic acid molecules. Also provided are fusion constructs comprising the myomegalin isoform and antibodies that bind specifically to the myomegalin isoforms of the present invention. The present invention further provides uses of the myomegalin isoform as a diagnostic biomarker and as a target for screening for therapeutics for diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and lysosomal storage diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Zhe Wang, Robert Zhong Qi
  • Patent number: 9134169
    Abstract: An integrated silicon optical device is capable of being monitored and tuned in real-time. The integrated silicon optical device includes: a bus waveguide, comprising an input port and an output port; an optical microresonator coupled to the bus waveguide, configured to selectively receive light at a desired resonance wavelength from the bus waveguide; a photodetector, configured to electrically read out an operation condition of the optical microresonator; a diode-tuner, configured to blueshift or redshift the resonance wavelength of the optical microresonator; a micro-heater, configured to redshift the resonance wavelength of the optical microresonator; and a control unit, comprising a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and a microprocessor, configured to implement a two-stage closed-loop tuning scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yu Li, Shaoqi Feng, Yu Zhang, Andrew Wing On Poon
  • Patent number: 9131691
    Abstract: Use of amide compounds represented by formula (I), for preventing or reducing settlement and/or fouling of marine fouling organisms on a surface of a submerged object is provided, wherein “-A-” has a formula —(CnH2(n-m))- which is either unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C1 to C4 alkyls, and wherein the formula —(CnH2(n-m))- represents a divalent alkyl, or a divalent alkenyl having one or more double bonds, n is 1 to 15, m is 0 to 4, and 2(n-m)=2, and R is selected from piperidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, isobutylamino, piperazinyl or morpholinyl. Amide compounds of formula (I), a category of antifouling compounds, can be either isolated from natural resources or synthesized, which are nontoxic and environmental-friendly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Yunnan University of Natonalities
    Inventors: Peiyuan Qian, Xiangzhong Huang, Ying Xu, Yu Zhang, Yue Him Wong, Yan Yin, Zhuang Han
  • Patent number: 9129432
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate architectural modeling. In one aspect, a modeling system is provided. This includes a processor configured to generate remodeled images associated with one or more architectural structures. A procedural model is configured to integrate an approximate model from aerial images of the architectural structures and a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction model from ground-level images of the architectural structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Long Quan, Peng Zhao, Tian Fang, Honghui Zhang
  • Patent number: 9109155
    Abstract: The development of a series of fluorescent materials including heterocycle-functionalized luminogens with aggregation-induced/enhanced emission (AIE/AEE), long wavelength emission, and high solid state fluorescence quantum efficiency is contemplated. The described fluorescent materials are promising candidates in selective luminescence-based chemosensor for Hg2+ or ATP, fluorescent staining for mitochondria in living cells with high photostability, stimuli-responsive luminescent materials, and materials for optical waveguides. In addition, these heterocycle-functionalized luminogens are particularly useful as fluorescent labels for biopolymers such as peptides, antibodies, or nucleic acids, making them useful as AIE-active biocompatible probes for clinical cancer imaging and diagnostics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Benzhong Tang, Wing Yip Lam, Na Zhao, Min Li, Bin Liu, Haibin Shi, Dan Ding
  • Patent number: 9113371
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are described that that increase throughput of a WiFi network. A first method is provided wherein access points monitor and keep track of their states on each resource block (frequency channel and antenna pattern) associated therewith and dynamically select the resource blocks that increase network throughput based on the instantaneous states of the access points. A second method is provided comprising employing Q-learning to determine one or more modifications of operating parameters of a network node based on observed throughput of the network and implementing the one or more modifications at the node. A third method is also provided which combines the first and second methods so as to increase network throughput at both the physical layer and the MAC layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jiatong Sun, Vincent Kin Nang Lau
  • Patent number: 9104308
    Abstract: Described herein are finger registration systems and methods for use with a multi-touch device that can facilitate in place execution of commands or operations, thereby reducing focus switching and minimizing hand movement. The finger registration methods are simple and robust, using only contact points on the touch-based device, without requiring additional hardware. Direct mapping of operations to gestures involving individual fingers or combination of fingers (e.g., finger chords), provides a new and rich set of direct manipulation without focus switching for selecting commands/operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kin-Chung Au, Chiew-Lan Tai
  • Patent number: 9098926
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to generating three-dimensional façade models from images. In one aspect, a systematic decomposition schema is disclosed for a façade structured into a Direct Acyclic Graph and implemented as a top-down recursive subdivision and bottom-up merging. In a further aspect, optimization of façade depth operating in a façade surface and in the super-pixel level of a whole subdivision region is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Long Quan, Jianxiong Xiao, Tian Fang, Peng Zhao
  • Patent number: 9077014
    Abstract: A self-humidifying fuel cell is made by preparing a porous substrate, coating the substrate with a zeolitic material and filling the pores with a proton-conducting material. The coating of the substrate includes selecting a zeolitic material, and applying coating on the pore walls and surface of the porous substrate, to form zeolitic material-coated pores. The resulting composite material is used as a self-humidifying proton-conducting membrane in a fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: King Lun Yeung, Wei Han
  • Patent number: 9057853
    Abstract: An optoelectronic apparatus is described herein, including a transmitter, a receiver, and an optical waveguide, all of which are embedded in a PCB. The transmitter includes a laser generator and other circuits for generating electrical and optical signals, which are transmitted through the waveguide to the receiver. The receiver includes circuits and detectors for detecting and converting the optical signals to electrical signals. The circuit and optical components of the transmitter and receiver are integrated in 3D hybrid chip sets where the chip components are stacked in a 3D structure. Because all of the circuit and optical components are embedded in the PCB, the apparatus is made very compact and suitable for implementation in portable products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hon Shing Lau, Shi-Wei Lee, Matthew Ming Fai Yuen, Jingshen Wu, Chi Chuen Lo, Haibo Fan, Haibin Chen
  • Patent number: 9046729
    Abstract: A liquid crystal optical device that includes a first substrate layer that is substantially flat and a second substrate layer that is substantially flat and parallel to the first substrate layer. The liquid crystal optical device further includes a layer of cholesteric liquid crystal disposed between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer, where the layer of cholesteric liquid crystal is arranged in domains, each domain having a helical axis, wherein the helical axes of the domains have a plurality of orientations relative to an orientation of the first and second substrate layers, and where a wavefront of a light wave having a wavelength within a range of wavelengths changes after reflecting from the layer of cholesteric liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Sergiy I. Valyukh, Vladimir Grigorievich Chigrinov, Hoi Sing Kwok, Iryna V. Valyukh
  • Patent number: 9048471
    Abstract: A self-humidifying fuel cell is made by preparing a porous substrate, coating the substrate with a zeolitic material (or a graphene derivative) and filling the pores with a mixture of graphene derivative and proton-conducting material (or a proton-conducting material). The coating of the substrate includes selecting a zeolitic material, and applying coating on the pore walls and surface of the porous substrate, to form zeolitic material-coated pores. The resulting composite material is used as a self-humidifying proton-conducting membrane in a fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science And Technology
    Inventors: King Lun Yeung, Wei Han, Ho Yee Timothy Poon
  • Patent number: 9036482
    Abstract: Network on Chips (NoC)s with a bufferless and nonblocking architecture are described. Core processors are communicatively coupled together on a substrate with a set of routing nodes based on nonblocking process. A network component routes data packets through the routing nodes and the core processors via communication links. A bufferless cross bar switch facilitates the communication of the data packets and/or path setup packets through the communication links among source processors and destination processors. The communication links include one or more channels, in which a channel comprises a data sub-channel, an acknowledgement sub-channel and a release sub-channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Chin Tau Lea
  • Patent number: 9036915
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate architectural modeling. In one aspect, repetitive patterns are automatically detected and analyzed to generate modeled structural images such as building facades. In another aspect, structural symmetry is analyzed to facilitate architectural modeling and enhanced image generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Long Quan, Peng Zhao
  • Patent number: 9016915
    Abstract: A light tube for producing light, which may be used in the light fittings, desk lamps, vehicle lights etc. The light tube comprises a plurality of segments arranged end to end along the end of the light tube. Each segment has a transparent or translucent rod 706 having two ends, a head spreader 703 by at least one of said ends and an LED 705 mounted to each heat spreader 703 for directing light laterally into the rod 706. The heat spreaders 703 are mounted to a metal jacket 702 for dissipating heat. The light tube further comprises one or more reflectors 708, 711 for reflecting light out of the light tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shi-Wei Lee, Shuk Fan Siu, Wing Shan Kwong, Wai Fong Lai, Wai Lam Cheng, Kin Ho Poon, Rong Zhang