Patents by Inventor C. Lin

C. Lin 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: 20200038124
    Abstract: A method of operating a surgical control system comprises displaying an image of a surgical environment, from a field of view of an imaging instrument, on a display system. The display system is configured for mounting to a head of a user. The method also includes detecting an imaging control input from the user and responsive to the detection of the imaging control input, enabling an imaging control mode of the surgical control system. The method also includes detecting a movement of the head of the user. While the surgical control system is in the imaging control mode and responsive to the user's head movement, an image of the surgical environment from a changed field of view of the imaging instrument is displayed. The changed field of view corresponds to the detected movement of the user's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Henry C. Lin, May Quo-Mei Liu
  • Patent number: 10546808
    Abstract: The wiring substrate includes a cavity and a plurality of metal leads disposed around the cavity. The metal leads are bonded with a resin compound and provide horizontal and vertical routing for a semiconductor device to be disposed in the cavity. The resin compound fills in spaces between the metal leads and surrounds the cavity and provides a dielectric platform for a re-distribution layer or a build-up circuitry optionally deposited thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: Charles W. C. Lin, Chia-Chung Wang
  • Patent number: 10546433
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for modeling garments using single view images are disclosed. According to one method, the method includes receiving an image depicting a person wearing at least one garment. The method also includes constructing a body model based on the person in the image and a template from a body model database. The method further includes constructing at least one garment model based on the at least one garment in the image and at least one template from a garment model database. The method also includes constructing a combined model based on the body model and the at least one garment model. The method further includes adjusting the combined model by modifying body pose parameters and determining garment material properties and sizing parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Ming C. Lin, Shan Yang
  • Publication number: 20200020378
    Abstract: Described are apparatuses for improving resistive memory energy efficiency. An apparatus performs data-driven write to make use of asymmetric write switch energy between write0 and write1 operations. The apparatus comprises: a resistive memory cell coupled to a bit line and a select line; a first pass-gate coupled to the bit line; a second pass-gate coupled to the select line; and a multiplexer operable by input data, the multiplexer to provide a control signal to the first and second pass-gates or to write drivers according to logic level of the input data. An apparatus comprises circuit for performing read before write operation which avoids unnecessary writes with an initial low power read operation. An apparatus comprises circuit to perform self-controlled write operation which stops the write operation as soon as bit-cell flips. An apparatus comprises circuit for performing self-controlled read operation which stops read operation as soon as data is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Liqiong WEI, Fatih HAMZAOGLU, Yih WANG, Nathaniel J. AUGUST, Blake C. LIN, Cyrille DRAY
  • Publication number: 20190372629
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas R. Bilotta, Edward C. Lin, Steven A. Morley, Robert E. LaRose
  • Patent number: 10494702
    Abstract: Improved aluminum casting alloys having are disclosed. The new aluminum casting alloys generally include manganese, zinc, and zirconium. In this regard, the new aluminum casting alloys generally include from 2.0 to 5.0 wt. % Mn, 1.0-4.5 wt. % Zn, and from 0.05 to 0.9 wt. % Zr, the balance being aluminum, optional secondary elements, iron and silicon impurities, and other elements, where the new aluminum casting alloy includes not greater than 0.15 wt. % each of the other elements, and where the new aluminum casting alloy included not greater than 0.50 wt. % in total of the other elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: ARCONIC INC., GLTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinsoo Kim, Jen C. Lin, Adam J. Schaut, JongHoon Jeong, DongSung Shin
  • Publication number: 20190357647
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to consumer electronics devices and use of additive manufacturing. In one embodiment, a consumer electronics case has a body, at least one sidewall extending perimetrically around the body to define an inner case wall and an outer case wall, and at least one additively manufactured component or feature on the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Raymond J. Kilmer, Steven B. Leonard, Lynette Karabin, Jennifer L. Giocondi, Daniel L. Serafin, Philip Gacka, Jen C. Lin, Leighton M. Cooper, Carl E. Garesche
  • Patent number: 10482366
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) automatic vehicle identification (AVI) system configured to mitigate signal interference, the system comprising a plurality of RFID readers, comprising a first RFID reader and a second RFID reader; and a plurality of antennas, wherein a first antenna is connected to the first RFID reader and a second antenna is connected to the second RFID reader. Prior to the first RFID reader transmitting a signal through the first antenna, the first RFID reader samples a received radio frequency (RF) signal from the first antenna, and if the received RF signal meets predetermined strength and frequency criteria, the first RFID reader inhibits transmission of the signal through the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Neology, Inc.
    Inventors: George D. Cruickshanks, David R. Missimer, Christopher J. Hopkins, Steven C. Lin, Thomas J. Frederick
  • Publication number: 20190333850
    Abstract: A wiring board includes an electrical isolator or an interconnect element incorporated with a core substrate or metal leads and a bridging element straddling over interfaces between two adjoined surfaces to electrically connect a routing circuitry on the electrical isolator or on the interconnect element to another routing circuitry on the core substrate or to the metal leads. As the bridging element offers a reliable connecting channel without direct attachment to the interfaces, any cracking or delamination across the interfaces will not affect the routing integrity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Charles W. C. Lin, Chia-Chung Wang
  • Publication number: 20190326296
    Abstract: Described herein are embedded dynamic random-access memory (eDRAM) memory cells and arrays, as well as corresponding methods and devices. An exemplary eDRAM memory array implements a memory cell that uses a thin-film transistor (TFT) as a selector transistor. One source/drain (S/D) electrode of the TFT is coupled to a capacitor for storing a memory state of the cell, while the other S/D electrode is coupled to a bitline. The bitline may be a shallow bitline in that a thickness of the bitline may be smaller than a thickness of one or more metal interconnects provided in the same metal layer as the bitline but used for providing electrical connectivity for components outside of the memory array. Such a bitline may be formed in a separate process than said one or more metal interconnects. In an embodiment, the memory cells may be formed in a back end of line process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yih Wang, Abhishek A. Sharma, Tahir Ghani, Allen B. Gardiner, Travis W. Lajoie, Pei-hua Wang, Chieh-jen Ku, Bernhard Sell, Juan G. Alzate-Vinasco, Blake C. Lin
  • Publication number: 20190325174
    Abstract: Systems and methods of identifying wearable tags or other items within a facility. The location of the identifiable item can be calculated by the system and used to improve the efficiency of the facility or to dispatch emergency help or maintenance to the location of the badge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Shahpour Ashaari, David C. Lin, Seth S. Vasa, Scott R. Bombaugh, Mario Andre Salisbury, Thomas Jay Graham, Erich Joseph Petre
  • Patent number: 10446526
    Abstract: A face-to-face semiconductor assembly is characterized by a semiconductor device positioned in a dielectric recess of a core base and surrounded by an array of metal posts. The recess in the core provides lateral displacement control between the device and the metal posts, and the minimal height of the metal posts needed for the vertical connection between both opposite sides of the core base can be reduced by the amount equal to the depth of the recess. Further, the semiconductor device is face-to-face electrically coupled to another semiconductor device through a buildup circuitry therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: Charles W. C. Lin, Chia-Chung Wang
  • Publication number: 20190309402
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to various embodiments of aluminum alloy products having fine eutectic-type structures and methods for making the same. The method for producing an aluminum alloy product having a fine eutectic-type structure comprising selectively heating at least a portion of an additive manufacturing feedstock to a temperature above a liquidus temperature of the additive manufacturing feedstock, thereby forming a molten pool; and cooling the molten pool, thereby forming a solidified mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Lynette M. Karabin, David W. Heard, Zhi Tang, Yijia Gu, Men Glenn Chu, Jen C. Lin, Andreas Kulovits
  • Patent number: 10435774
    Abstract: The present application discloses wrought 2xxx Al—Li alloy products that are work insensitive. The wrought aluminum alloy products generally include from about 2.75 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. % Cu, from about 0.2 wt. % to about 0.8 wt. % Mg, where the ratio of copper-to-magnesium ratio (Cu/Mg) in the aluminum alloy is in the range of from about 6.1 to about 17, from about 0.1 wt. % to 1.10 wt. % Li, from about 0.3 wt. % to about 2.0 wt. % Ag, from 0.50 wt. % to about 1.5 wt. % Zn, up to about 1.0 wt. % Mn, the balance being aluminum, optional incidental elements, and impurities. The wrought aluminum alloy products may realize a low strength differential and in a short aging time due to their work insensitive nature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: ARCONIC INC.
    Inventors: Cagatay Yanar, Roberto J. Rioja, Jen C. Lin, Ralph R. Sawtell
  • Patent number: 10438640
    Abstract: Described are apparatuses for improving resistive memory energy efficiency. An apparatus performs data-driven write to make use of asymmetric write switch energy between write0 and write1 operations. The apparatus comprises: a resistive memory cell coupled to a bit line and a select line; a first pass-gate coupled to the bit line; a second pass-gate coupled to the select line; and a multiplexer operable by input data, the multiplexer to provide a control signal to the first and second pass-gates or to write drivers according to logic level of the input data. An apparatus comprises circuit for performing read before write operation which avoids unnecessary writes with an initial low power read operation. An apparatus comprises circuit to perform self-controlled write operation which stops the write operation as soon as bit-cell flips. An apparatus comprises circuit for performing self-controlled read operation which stops read operation as soon as data is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Liqiong Wei, Fatih Hamzaoglu, Yih Wang, Nathaniel J. August, Blake C. Lin, Cyrille Dray
  • Publication number: 20190305081
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a base, a first transistor structure on or above the base, and a second transistor structure on or above the base, where the second transistor structure is spaced from the first transistor structure. An insulator material at least partially encapsulates an airgap or other gas pocket laterally between the first transistor structure and the second transistor structure. The gas pocket is at least 5 nm in height and at least 5 nm wide according to an embodiment, and in some cases is as tall or taller than active device layers of the transistor structures it separates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Travis W. LaJoie, Abhishek A. Sharma, Juan Alzate-Vinasco, Chieh-Jen Ku, Shem O. Ogadhoh, Allen B. Gardiner, Blake C. Lin, Yih Wang, Pei-Hua Wang, Jack T. Kavalieros, Bernhard Sell, Tahir Ghani
  • Patent number: 10425133
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas R. Bilotta, Edward C. Lin, Steven A. Morley, Robert E. LaRose
  • Publication number: 20190282312
    Abstract: A teleoperated surgical system is provided comprising: a first robotic surgical instrument; an image capture; a user display; a user input command device coupled to receive user input commands to control movement of the first robotic surgical instrument; and a movement controller coupled to scale a rate of movement of the first robotic surgical instrument, based at least in part upon a surgical skill level at using the first robotic surgical instrument of the user providing the received user input commands, from a rate of movement indicated by the user input commands received at the user input command device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: William C. Nowlin, Mahdi Azizian, Simon P. DiMaio, Brian D. Hoffman, Anthony M. Jarc, Henry C. Lin, May Quo-Mei Liu, Ian E. McDowall, Brent Tokarchuk
  • Patent number: 10420204
    Abstract: A method of making a wiring board having an electrical isolator and metal posts incorporated in a resin core is characterized by the provision of moisture inhibiting caps covering interfaces between the electrical isolator/metal posts and a surrounding plastic material. In a preferred embodiment, the electrical isolator and metal posts are bonded to the resin core by an adhesive substantially coplanar with the metal films on the electrical isolator, the metal posts and the metal layers on two opposite sides of the resin core at smoothed lapped top and bottom surfaces so that a metal bridge can be deposited on the adhesive at the smoothed lapped bottom surface to completely cover interfaces between the electrical isolator/metal posts and the surrounding plastic material. Conductive traces are also deposited on the smoothed lapped top surface to provide electrical contacts for chip connection and electrically coupled to the metal posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles W. C. Lin, Chia-Chung Wang
  • Patent number: 10403369
    Abstract: An apparatus of a memory system and an operating method thereof include: a plurality of memory devices, wherein each of the plurality of memory devices includes a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks has multiple pages corresponding to multiple wordlines, respectively; and a memory controller coupled with the plurality of memory devices, wherein the memory controller is configured to determine an overhead of an erase block where a deleted file resides therein, perform file level secure erase operation on the erase block in accordance with at least the overhead, and mark target pages corresponding to the deleted file as “trimmed” in a logic block address (LBA) table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Chris C. Lin