Patents by Inventor Cheng Lei

Cheng Lei 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).

  • Patent number: 11958396
    Abstract: A hidden type holder device includes: a stationary assembly, a movable assembly, and a first return spring, the movable assembly is accommodated in the stationary assembly and movable to the inside or outside of the stationary assembly, the movable assembly has a retractable holder assembly for accommodating an article, and two opposite end portions of the return spring are respectively mounted on the stationary assembly and the movable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Nifco Korea Inc., Seoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun Lei Sang, Cheng Kun Li, Won Young Bae, Bong Ju Choi, Dae Kyo Kim
  • Publication number: 20240079936
    Abstract: A shaft voltage reduction structure is mounted on an electric machine having a bearing house and a rotor shaft rotatably connected together, and includes an electrically conductive main body, at least one electrically conductive bearing, and an electrically conductive shaft. The conductive main body is mounted to a bottom of the bearing house and includes a conductive shaft barrel projected from a center thereof. The conductive shaft barrel internally defines a shaft receiving hole, in which the conductive bearing is received. The conductive shaft includes a connecting end and a pivotal end connected to the rotor shaft and the shaft receiving hole, respectively. A shaft voltage across the rotor shaft of the electric machine is guided by the conductive shaft to release in a closed loop formed among the conductive main body, the conductive bearing and the bearing house, so as to reduce the shaft voltage of the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Feng Liu, Kun-Cheng Yang, Qian-Hong Lei
  • Patent number: 11916115
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip including a field plate. A gate structure overlies a substrate between a source region and a drain region. A drift region is disposed laterally between the gate structure and the drain region. A first dielectric layer overlies the substrate. A field plate is disposed within the first dielectric layer between the gate structure and the drain region. A conductive wire overlies the first dielectric layer and contacts the field plate. At least a portion of the conductive wire directly overlies a first sidewall of the drift region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Cheng Ho, Ming-Ta Lei, Yu-Chang Jong
  • Patent number: 11770599
    Abstract: An adjustable-focus PV (picture/video) camera in a mixed-reality head-mounted display (HMD) device operates with an auto-focus subsystem that is configured to be triggered based on location and motion of a user's hands to reduce the occurrence of auto-focus hunting during camera operations. The HMD device is equipped with a depth sensor that is configured to capture depth data from the surrounding physical environment to detect and track the user's hand location, movements, and gestures in three-dimensions. The hand tracking data from the depth sensor may be assessed to determine hand characteristics—such as which of the user's hands or part of a hand is detected, its size, motion, speed, etc.—within a particular region of interest (ROI) in the field of view of the PV camera. The auto-focus subsystem uses the assessed hand characteristics as an input to control auto-focus of the PV camera to reduce auto-focus hunting occurrences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Maria Cheng Lei, Vishal Jain, Vikramaditya Dangi
  • Publication number: 20230028649
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device and methods for determining the original stratum direction of a core. The device includes a confining pressure pump, a resistance meter, and a core holder composed of upper and lower portions. The present disclosure further provides three methods for determining the original stratum direction of the core. The three methods respectively use the device to measure resistance values at different positions of the core, and compare a test result with an imaging result of resistivity imaging logging data to determine the rock direction of the core in a stratum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jiahuan HE, Lurui DANG, Keming ZHOU, Cheng LEI, Mei HUANG, Jintao ZHANG, Bo KONG
  • Publication number: 20220141379
    Abstract: An adjustable-focus PV (picture/video) camera in a mixed-reality head-mounted display (HMD) device operates with an auto-focus subsystem that is configured to be triggered based on location and motion of a user's hands to reduce the occurrence of auto-focus hunting during camera operations. The HMD device is equipped with a depth sensor that is configured to capture depth data from the surrounding physical environment to detect and track the user's hand location, movements, and gestures in three-dimensions. The hand tracking data from the depth sensor may be assessed to determine hand characteristics—such as which of the user's hands or part of a hand is detected, its size, motion, speed, etc.—within a particular region of interest (ROI) in the field of view of the PV camera. The auto-focus subsystem uses the assessed hand characteristics as an input to control auto-focus of the PV camera to reduce auto-focus hunting occurrences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Maria Cheng LEI, Vishal JAIN, Vikramaditya DANGI
  • Patent number: 11245836
    Abstract: An adjustable-focus PV (picture/video) camera in a mixed-reality head-mounted display (HMD) device operates with an auto-focus subsystem that is configured to be triggered based on location and motion of a user's hands to reduce the occurrence of auto-focus hunting during camera operations. The HMD device is equipped with a depth sensor that is configured to capture depth data from the surrounding physical environment to detect and track the user's hand location, movements, and gestures in three-dimensions. The hand tracking data from the depth sensor may be assessed to determine hand characteristics—such as which of the user's hands or part of a hand is detected, its size, motion, speed, etc.—within a particular region of interest (ROI) in the field of view of the PV camera. The auto-focus subsystem uses the assessed hand characteristics as an input to control auto-focus of the PV camera to reduce auto-focus hunting occurrences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Maria Cheng Lei, Vishal Jain, Vikramaditya Dangi
  • Publication number: 20200404159
    Abstract: An adjustable-focus PV (picture/video) camera in a mixed-reality head-mounted display (HMD) device operates with an auto-focus subsystem that is configured to be triggered based on location and motion of a user's hands to reduce the occurrence of auto-focus hunting during camera operations. The HMD device is equipped with a depth sensor that is configured to capture depth data from the surrounding physical environment to detect and track the user's hand location, movements, and gestures in three-dimensions. The hand tracking data from the depth sensor may be assessed to determine hand characteristics—such as which of the user's hands or part of a hand is detected, its size, motion, speed, etc.—within a particular region of interest (ROI) in the field of view of the PV camera. The auto-focus subsystem uses the assessed hand characteristics as an input to control auto-focus of the PV camera to reduce auto-focus hunting occurrences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Maria Cheng LEI, Vishal JAIN, Vikramaditya DANGI
  • Patent number: 10798292
    Abstract: An adjustable-focus PV (picture/video) camera in a mixed-reality head-mounted display (HMD) device operates with an auto-focus subsystem that is configured to be triggered based on location and motion of a user's hands to reduce the occurrence of auto-focus hunting during camera operations. The HMD device is equipped with a depth sensor that is configured to capture depth data from the surrounding physical environment to detect and track the user's hand location, movements, and gestures in three-dimensions. The hand tracking data from the depth sensor may be assessed to determine hand characteristics—such as which of the user's hands or part of a hand is detected, its size, motion, speed, etc.—within a particular region of interest (ROI) in the field of view of the PV camera. The auto-focus subsystem uses the assessed hand characteristics as an input to control auto-focus of the PV camera to reduce auto-focus hunting occurrences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Maria Cheng Lei, Vishal Jain, Vikramaditya Dangi
  • Patent number: 10616489
    Abstract: Methods and devices for dynamically selecting an audio resource may include receiving a request to use at least one microphone on the computer device. The methods and devices may include determining, by the operating system, a dynamic orientation of a first device portion and a second device portion of the computer device based on sensor information. The methods and devices may include selecting at least one microphone for use based on the physical location information of the at least one microphone and the dynamic orientation of the first device portion and the second device portion, wherein the physical location information corresponds to a static orientation of the at least one microphone on the computer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Maria Cheng Lei, Vishal Jain
  • Publication number: 20200059092
    Abstract: An ESD protection circuit includes at least two unidirectional conduction units arranged between an IO node of an integrated circuit and a positive voltage node, where a first connection node is between the at least two unidirectional conduction units; at least two unidirectional conduction units arranged between the IO node and a negative voltage node, where a second connection node is between the at least two unidirectional conduction units; and a voltage tracking circuit. The input of the voltage tracking circuit is electrically connected to the IO node and the output of the voltage tracking circuit is electrically connected to at least one of the first connection end and the second connection end. By reducing the voltage difference between the IO node and the first connection end or between the IO node and the second connection end, the parasite capacitance associated with the unidirectional conduction unit can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Yu-Chieh LIN
  • Patent number: 10539495
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a probe beam (14) having undergone dispersive Fourier transformation by a dispersive Fourier transformation unit is spatially mapped, an inspection object (18, 20) is irradiated with the probe beam (14), and transmitted light (15) from the inspection object (18, 20) is detected, whereby an image is generated on the basis of the intensity of the transmitted light (15). Accordingly, an imaging apparatus can be provided which can irradiate the inspection object (18, 20) with the weak probe beam (14) having an intensity attenuated by the dispersive Fourier transformation unit, which can generate an image only by detecting the transmitted light (15) from the inspection object (18, 20), and which has a high throughput of generating images while an influence on the inspection object (18, 20) is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Keisuke Goda, Cheng Lei
  • Patent number: 10503518
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of initializing hardware components by loading drivers in parallel and granting the drivers access to the hardware components serially. For instance, a controller may serve as an intermediary between the drivers and the hardware components to synchronize access of the drivers to the respective hardware components. The controller may include software and hardware. The software may program the hardware to grant the drivers access to the respective hardware components serially based at least in part on an event that is capable of being associated with one driver at a time. Accordingly, access of the drivers to the respective hardware components may be granted serially, even though the drivers have been loaded in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Maria Cheng Lei, Vishal Jain
  • Patent number: 10395084
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification device includes a plurality of fingerprint sensing electrodes, a shielding enhancement electrode, a fingerprint detection circuit and an auxiliary enhancement signal circuit. The shield enhancement electrode corresponds to a plurality of the fingerprint sensing electrodes. The fingerprint detection circuit is powered by a first power supply and includes a capacitive stimulation signal source. The auxiliary enhancement signal circuit is powered by a second power supply and includes an auxiliary enhancement signal source. The fingerprint detection circuit transmits a capacitive stimulation signal to a selected fingerprint sensing electrode, and receives a fingerprint sensing signal. The fingerprint sensing signal is amplified to generate a capacitive elimination shielding signal. The capacitive elimination shielding signal is transmitted to the shielding enhancement electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Cheng Lei
  • Patent number: 10264186
    Abstract: Methods and devices for dynamically controlling mirroring of a preview image may include receiving physical location information of a selected camera resource on the computer device, wherein the physical location information corresponds to a static orientation of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include determining a dynamic orientation of the selected camera resource based on sensor information for the selected camera resource and determining a camera role of the selected camera resource based on the dynamic orientation and the static orientation of the selected camera, wherein the camera role comprises a front facing camera role or a rear facing camera role. The methods and devices may include displaying a mirrored preview image when the camera role of the selected camera resource is the front facing camera role and displaying a non-mirrored preview image when the camera role of the selected camera resource is the rear facing camera role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Maria Cheng Lei, Vishal Jain, Tomi Sokeila, Raymond Xue
  • Publication number: 20190108039
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of initializing hardware components by loading drivers in parallel and granting the drivers access to the hardware components serially. For instance, a controller may serve as an intermediary between the drivers and the hardware components to synchronize access of the drivers to the respective hardware components. The controller may include software and hardware. The software may program the hardware to grant the drivers access to the respective hardware components serially based at least in part on an event that is capable of being associated with one driver at a time. Accordingly, access of the drivers to the respective hardware components may be granted serially, even though the drivers have been loaded in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Maria Cheng Lei, Vishal Jain
  • Publication number: 20190102591
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification device includes a plurality of fingerprint sensing electrodes, a shielding enhancement electrode, a fingerprint detection circuit and an auxiliary enhancement signal circuit. The shield enhancement electrode corresponds to a plurality of the fingerprint sensing electrodes. The fingerprint detection circuit is powered by a first power supply and includes a capacitive stimulation signal source. The auxiliary enhancement signal circuit is powered by a second power supply and includes an auxiliary enhancement signal source. The fingerprint detection circuit transmits a capacitive stimulation signal to a selected fingerprint sensing electrode, and receives a fingerprint sensing signal. The fingerprint sensing signal is amplified to generate a capacitive elimination shielding signal. The capacitive elimination shielding signal is transmitted to the shielding enhancement electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI
  • Publication number: 20190007620
    Abstract: Methods and devices for dynamically selecting an audio resource may include receiving a request to use at least one microphone on the computer device. The methods and devices may include determining, by the operating system, a dynamic orientation of a first device portion and a second device portion of the computer device based on sensor information. The methods and devices may include selecting at least one microphone for use based on the physical location information of the at least one microphone and the dynamic orientation of the first device portion and the second device portion, wherein the physical location information corresponds to a static orientation of the at least one microphone on the computer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Maria Cheng LEI, Vishal Jain
  • Publication number: 20190007619
    Abstract: Methods and devices for dynamically controlling mirroring of a preview image may include receiving physical location information of a selected camera resource on the computer device, wherein the physical location information corresponds to a static orientation of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include determining a dynamic orientation of the selected camera resource based on sensor information for the selected camera resource and determining a camera role of the selected camera resource based on the dynamic orientation and the static orientation of the selected camera, wherein the camera role comprises a front facing camera role or a rear facing camera role. The methods and devices may include displaying a mirrored preview image when the camera role of the selected camera resource is the front facing camera role and displaying a non-mirrored preview image when the camera role of the selected camera resource is the rear facing camera role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Maria Cheng LEI, Vishal JAIN, Tomi SOKEILA, Raymond XUE
  • Publication number: 20180299364
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a probe beam (14) having undergone dispersive Fourier transformation by a dispersive Fourier transformation unit is spatially mapped, an inspection object (18, 20) is irradiated with the probe beam (14), and transmitted light (15) from the inspection object (18, 20) is detected, whereby an image is generated on the basis of the intensity of the transmitted light (15). Accordingly, an imaging apparatus can be provided which can irradiate the inspection object (18, 20) with the weak probe beam (14) having an intensity attenuated by the dispersive Fourier transformation unit, which can generate an image only by detecting the transmitted light (15) from the inspection object (18, 20), and which has a high throughput of generating images while an influence on the inspection object (18, 20) is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Keisuke Goda, Cheng Lei