Patents by Inventor An Xiao

An Xiao 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).

  • Plug connector assembly having improved locking structure
    Patent number: 10581197
    Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes: a mating member including an insulative housing and a pair of latching members spacedly retained in the insulative housing; a cable electrically connected to the mating member; and an outer case enclosing the mating member and the cable and having an operating portion to operate the latching member; wherein each of the latching member includes a forwardly extending mounting portion, a connecting portion upwardly extending from a rear end of the mounting portion, an elastic portion upwardly extending form a top end of the connecting portion, and a locking portion disposed on an extremity end, the elastic portion defining an upwardly extending pressing portion, the operating portion when pressed further pressing the pressing portion to move the locking portion towards an inside of the insulative housing for disengaging the latching member from a mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Xiao Fan, Zhi-Yong Zhou
  • Flexible display device
    Patent number: 10582629
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a flexible display device. The flexible display device comprises a flexible display panel and a folding mechanism. The folding mechanism comprises a first cabinet and a second cabinet overlapping each other, and a guiding mechanism. The second cabinet can move straight relative to the first cabinet through the guiding mechanism. The flexible display device further comprises a guiding portion and an adjusting lever in the second cabinet. The guiding portion is at a push-pull end of the second cabinet. The adjusting lever can move between the push-pull end and an end opposite to the push-pull end. One end of the flexible display panel is fixed to the push-pull end of the first cabinet, and the other end is fixed to the adjusting lever in an opposite direction. A locking mechanism fixes relative positions of the first cabinet, the second cabinet and the adjusting lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaopeng Xu, Hao Wu, Xuzhong Liu, Na An, Zongwei Luo, Baolei Guo, Xiao Ma, Bin Xu, Zheng Zhang, Zhenhua Luo, Wei Su, Qingzhu Guan, Xinfeng Gong
  • Pixel circuit and driving method thereof, display device
    Patent number: 10580360
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a driving circuit, a light emitting circuit, a fusing circuit and a fusing control circuit. The driving circuit is configured to convert a voltage signal input from a first voltage terminal into a driving current signal, and to output the driving current signal to the fusing circuit; the fusing circuit is configured to disconnect the light emitting circuit from the driving circuit; the fusing control circuit is configured to control the driving current signal to flow to the ground terminal under control of a signal input from the control line, to disconnect the light emitting circuit from the driving circuit; and the light emitting circuit is configured to emit light under control of the second voltage terminal in a case that the light emitting circuit is not disconnected from the driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Fu, Xiaochuan Chen, Shengji Yang, Lei Wang, Yankai Gao, Dongni Liu, Han Yue, Li Xiao, Pengcheng Lu, Mingfu Han
  • Oral care composition comprising serine and at least a zinc salt
    Patent number: 10576032
    Abstract: An oral care composition comprising serine and one or more zinc salts for use in reducing or inhibiting biofilm formation in an oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michael Prencipe, Yun Xu, Xiao Yi Huang
  • Card edge connector with improvwed grounding bars
    Patent number: 10581206
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes an insulating housing defining a mating slot, two rows of terminals and a grounding member. Each row of terminals includes grounding terminals and signal terminals. The grounding member includes a first grounding bar and a second grounding bar each defining an upper edge and a lower edge. A plurality of elastic tabs extends from the upper edge and contacting with corresponding grounding terminals. The first and second grounding sides are disposed vertically in a bottom and at an outer side of corresponding row of terminals, and extends along the longitudinal direction of the housing under a condition that the upper edges of the grounding sides are disposed below the inner bottom face of the mating slot. The upper edges are located below the inner bottom face of the mating slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Fang, Wen-Jun Tang, Xiao-Hu Yin
  • Quantum dots-integrated inorganic-organic hybrid nanorods for controlling light transmission and method of making the same
    Patent number: 10578944
    Abstract: The present invention provides quantum dots-integrated inorganic-organic hybrid nanorods and the method to make such nanohybrids. It also provides a method to assemble light transmission controlling devices using the nanohybrids provided in this invention. In this invention, the developed nanohybrids for particular light controlling devices, more specifically SPDs have been disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG JINGYI NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Fuqiang Ren, Shengyun Huang, Dongling Ma, Shiyong Zhao, Dawei Zhang, Yanan Li, Shuyong Xiao
  • Speaker recognition/location using neural network
    Patent number: 10580414
    Abstract: Computing devices and methods utilizing a joint speaker location/speaker identification neural network are provided. In one example a computing device receives a multi-channel audio signal of an utterance spoken by a user. Magnitude and phase information features are extracted from the signal and inputted into a joint speaker location/speaker identification neural network that is trained via utterances from a plurality of persons. A user embedding comprising speaker identification characteristics and location characteristics is received from the neural network and compared to a plurality of enrollment embeddings extracted from the plurality of utterances that are each associated with an identity of a corresponding person. Based at least on the comparisons, the user is matched to an identity of one of the persons, and the identity of the person is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Shixiong Zhang, Xiong Xiao
  • Method and system for image enhancement
    Patent number: 10580122
    Abstract: A method for image processing, which comprises the following steps: Generating a first histogram from a first image; Calculating a first parameter profile from the first image indicative of the quality of the first image; Adjusting the first parameter profile to generate a second parameter profile; Using the second parameter profile to generate a statistical distribution via a statistical distribution generator, wherein the statistical distribution is characterized by at least three parameters; Using the statistical distribution to perform a histogram specification to the first histogram of the first image to generate a second histogram; Generating a second image based on the first image and the second histogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF PORTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Guoyin Wang, Tong Zhao, Bin Xiao
  • Wellbore debris handler for electric submersible pumps
    Patent number: 10578111
    Abstract: Systems and methods for decreasing a size of debris entering an electrical submersible pump assembly in a subterranean well with a debris handling assembly include a handler housing with an inner bore and a housing cutting profile located on an inner surface of the inner bore. A cutting blade is secured to a rotating shaft within the inner bore of the handler housing, the cutting blade being aligned with a first portion of the housing cutting profile. A mill is secured to the rotating shaft, the mill aligned with a second portion of the housing cutting profile. An annular mill space is defined by an outer surface of the mill and the inner surface of the inner bore, the annular mill space decreasing in a radial dimension in a downstream direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Jinjiang Xiao, Chidirim Enoch Ejim, Randall Alan Shepler
  • Method, client and computer storage medium for processing information
    Patent number: 10580394
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, a client and a computer storage medium for processing information, wherein the method includes: triggering a first operation; downloading a first audio file and a first text file matching the first audio file in response to the first operation; partly truncating the first audio file to obtain a first audio clip according to first indication information for identifying a truncating start position and second indication information for identifying a truncating end position; triggering a second operation; playing the first audio clip and dynamically displaying a text information part in the first text file corresponding to the first audio clip synchronously in response to the second operation; acquiring voice information of a user while playing the first audio chip; and synthesizing the first audio clip and the voice information into a first acquisition result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Fen Xiao
  • PCI EXPRESS ENHANCEMENTS
    Publication number: 20200067526
    Abstract: An identification is made that a link is to exit an active state, the link comprising a plurality of lanes. Parity information is maintained for the lanes based on data previously sent over the link, and an indication of the parity information is sent prior to the exit from the active state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zuoguo Wu, Debendra Das Sharma, Md. Mohiuddin Mazumder, Subas Bastola, Kai Xiao
  • SMART MULTIFUNCTIONAL LENS COATINGS
    Publication number: 20200064520
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices to inhibit sensing reduction in imperfect sensing conditions are described. A multifunctional coating superposing a lens includes a self-cleaning layer and a heating layer. The self-cleaning layer defines an external surface configured to be exposed to an exterior environment. The external surface defines three-dimensional surface features thereon. The three-dimensional surface features are adjacently disposed arcuate features that inhibit adhering of solid particles to the external surface and wetting of the external surface. The heating layer is in thermal communication with the external surface. The heating layer is selectively actuated to provide thermal energy to the external surface through resistive heating. Each of the self-cleaning layer and the heating layer is transparent to a predetermined wavelength of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Xingcheng Xiao, Xiaosong Huang, Jinsong Wang, Qingrong Zhao
  • Display Method of Curved Display Panel, and Curved Display Device
    Publication number: 20200066219
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display method of a curved display panel, and a curved display device. The display method of the curved display panel according to the present disclosure includes: obtaining a radius of curvature of the curved display panel and acquiring image data, wherein the image data includes a gray scale corresponding to each sub-pixel; and determining a data voltage output to each sub-pixel according to the radius of curvature and a gray scale corresponding to the sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yihjen HSU, Xiuqin ZHANG, Lijun XIAO, Shaohong GAO, Zhiyou LIU, Yanan ZHAO
  • MONOCULAR VISION SIX-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR HIGH-DYNAMIC LARGE-RANGE ARBITRARY CONTOURING ERROR OF CNC MACHINE TOOL
    Publication number: 20200061769
    Abstract: A monocular vision six-dimensional measurement method for high-dynamic large-range arbitrary contouring error of a CNC machine tool of the present invention belongs to the field of dynamic error detection of machine tools, and relates to a six-dimensional measurement method for high-dynamic large-range arbitrary contouring error of a CNC machine tool using a monocular vision measurement technology with short-time stroboscopic illumination and a priori standard plate. The method designs a measurement fixture and a measurement system, and uses a monocular vision pose algorithm to improve both the visual measurable dimension and range of interpolated contour in combination with priori knowledge. In light of the principle of error distribution, a small field of view is used to enhance the measurement accuracy of the coded primitives in the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Wei LIU, Zhenyuan JIA, Xiao LI, Yi PAN, Xin MA, Jianwei MA
  • BREAKPOINT WITH SPECIFIED ANCHOR POINTS
    Publication number: 20200065222
    Abstract: A system and method to verify software includes a debugger setting a breakpoint in the software. The breakpoint indicates a point at which to pause or stop execution of the software. The method also includes setting one or more anchor points associated with the breakpoint. Each of the one or more anchor points represents another point in the software that must be executed prior to pausing or stopping the execution of the software at the breakpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Xiao Ling Chen, Chuan He, Yan Huang, Jiang Yi Liu, Wei Wu, Jian Xu
  • LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND ITS FABRICATING METHOD, AS WELL AS BACKLIGHT MODULE
    Publication number: 20200064538
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light guide plate and its fabricating method, as well as a backlight module. The light guide plate comprises a light-transmitting plate body provided with a plurality of light guide dots on a light-exiting surface thereof, and further provided with a plurality of dimming pits, wherein a plurality of light guide dots are provided around each of the dimming pits; an inner wall of each of the dimming pits sequentially includes multiple levels of dimming surfaces along a depth direction of the dimming pits, for reflecting light incident thereon to the light guide dots. The backlight module comprises the light guide plate provided in the above-described technical solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yinwei CHEN, Heling ZHU, Liang XIAO, Yezhou TAN
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF POWER CONTROL FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20200068497
    Abstract: A method for power control for uplink transmission is provided. In an embodiment, a method in a user equipment (UE) for reference signal (RS) relationship specific uplink (UL) transmission power control includes transmitting, by the UE, a first UL signal according to a first power control set including at least one of a first target power, a second target power, a DL reference signal (RS) for pathloss estimation, a pathloss compensation factor, and a transmit power command (TPC). The first power control set is determined according to a first RS relationship between one first RS and a first UL signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Zhengwei Gong, Amine Maaref, Kelvin Kar Kin Au, Mohammadhadi Baligh, Weimin Xiao
  • CALIBRATION ON HIGH-SPEED IO INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20200065272
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a computer-implemented method. According to the method, a series of valid control codes for a calibration stage in a channel corresponding to a plurality of calibration cycles are acquired from the calibration logic. The acquired valid control codes are analyzed to obtain changing characteristics for the calibration stage in the channel. The calibration logic for the calibration stage in the channel is adjusted in one or more subsequent calibration cycles based on the changing characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Xu Guang Sun, Yang Xiao, Xiao Di Xing
  • SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY DETERMINATION FOR POWER CONTROL FOR UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION ON AN UPLINK DATA CHANNEL
    Publication number: 20200068496
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for determining spectral efficiency for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) on an uplink data channel for use in performing uplink power control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Wei YANG, Yi HUANG, Xiao Feng WANG
  • Smart lock
    Patent number: D876924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Inventors: Xiao Xie, Peiji Li