Patents by Inventor Dan Cao

Dan Cao 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: 20160307484
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed and has a driving circuit, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scanning lines, and a plurality of pixel units. The driving circuit further includes a programmable DC current source being used to output a corresponding shaping electric current according to a reference voltage, and a shaping resistor being used to generate a corresponding shaping voltage according to the outputted shaping electric current. A liquid crystal display apparatus is also disclosed. The apparatus is able to output shaping voltages with different voltage levels at the same time, thus having a better 3D display effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Xianming ZHANG, Dan Cao
  • Publication number: 20160275848
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a voltage output control system, employed for controlling a voltage outputted from a voltage output chip, and the voltage output control system comprises a controller and a memorizer, and the memorizer saves a plurality of preset instructions, and the controller is coupled to the memorizer and the voltage output chip, and the controller is also employed for receiving a display signal and invoking corresponding preset instructions from the memorizer according to the received display signal to control the voltage output chip to output a corresponding voltage according to the invoked corresponding preset instructions. The present invention controls the voltage outputted from the voltage output chip for meeting the various requirements of the display panels for the voltage. The present invention further provides a voltage output system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianming ZHANG, Dan CAO
  • Patent number: 9430121
    Abstract: A first electronic device having a first operating menu communicates with a second electronic device having a second operating menu. The second operated menu is obtained by the first electronic device from the second electronic device and is stored in the first electronic device. Each operating options of the second operating menu is correlated with one of applications of the first electronic devices. When an operating option of the second operation menu stored in the first electronic device is operated, a corresponding application of the first electronic device correlated with the operated option is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dan Cao
  • Publication number: 20160247471
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device, a backlight module, and a backlight drive circuit. The backlight drive circuit comprises a booster circuit, a light-emitting unit, a circuit for automatic adjustment of current, and a controller. The current flowing through an LED will be altered by the circuit for automatic adjustment of current when extending an adjustable range of the controller, so as to reach the adjustable range of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Dan Cao
  • Publication number: 20160248331
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a circuitry for adjusting output voltage, which is set between an input voltage source and an internal device, and the circuitry comprises an output voltage converter, a signal controller, and first and second switching transistors. Wherein, the output voltage converter comprises an input coil, a first output coil and a second output coil that are connected in series. The first switching transistor is coupled to the first output coil and the internal device. The second switching transistor is coupled to the second output coil and the internal device. The signal controller is coupled to the internal device, and is further coupled to the first and the second switching transistors. The invention satisfies usage requirement between different internal devices of which the output voltages are greatly different without changing voltage output mode, and the objects to have output voltage with wide range, and lower cost of design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Dan CAO
  • Publication number: 20160235264
    Abstract: A method for automatically configuring an electronic toilet device includes detecting usage of the electronic toilet device throughout a first time period. The first time period is divided into a plurality of discrete time units. The method further includes recording a usage state for each of the plurality of time units in the first time period based on the detecting and using the recorded usage states to configure an operating schedule for the electronic toilet device for a next time period. The method further includes operating the electronic toilet device throughout the next time period according to the operating schedule while detecting and recording a usage state for each of the plurality of time units in the next time period and periodically configuring an operating schedule for each subsequent time period using the recorded usage states associated with a preceding time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Minghui Zhu, Bo Hu, Ni Li, Dan Cao, Yingfeng Wang, Jiongjun Xue, Weiran Xin
  • Patent number: 9408267
    Abstract: A LED backlight for a liquid crystal display (LCD), having a boost circuit for boosting in different display modes, an input voltage for operating each LED in a current display mode. The display modes include 2D and 3D display modes. A plurality of LED strings which are connected in parallel, wherein each LED string having a predetermined number of LEDs connected in series and receives the working voltage required for operating from the boost circuit. A current regulation circuit for regulating in the different display modes, with current flowing through each LED string, such that a ratio of the current flowing through each LED string in the 3D display mode and in the 2D display mode is changed. A controller provides a driving signal to drive the boost circuit, and provides different voltages to the current regulation circuit in the different display modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dan Cao
  • Publication number: 20160204712
    Abstract: An AC-DC conversion circuit is disclosed. The AC-DC conversion circuit has an inputting module, a rectifying module, a transforming module, an outputting module, a voltage detecting module, and a controlling module. The voltage detecting module is used to detect the DC voltage outputted from the rectifying module, the controlling module is used to control whether the AC-DC conversion circuit works or not according to a detecting result of the voltage detecting module. This prevents damage of the AC-DC conversion circuit and unstable output voltage by disposing the voltage detecting module and the controlling module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: Dan CAO
  • Patent number: 9386061
    Abstract: An electronic device is connected to a network, and includes a storage unit, the storage unit stores a speed of data transmission required by the electronic device when the electronic device is displaying a video from the network. A method for managing network bandwidth distribution of an electronic device includes the following steps. Detecting a speed of data transmission the network provided to the video displayed by the electronic device. Comparing the detected speed with the stored speed. If the detected speed is greater than the stored speed, decreasing a network bandwidth provided to the video. If the detected speed is less than the stored speed, controlling the running application of the electronic device which occupies the network bandwidth to stop running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dan Cao
  • Patent number: 9384527
    Abstract: In a computerized method for displaying images of an electronic device having a display, operations to an image displayed on the display are detected. Data of the operations to the first image is acquired and recorded in a storage of the electronic device. When the first image is operated to display again, the first image is processed according to the recorded data of the operations to the first image, and the processed first image is then displayed via the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dan Cao
  • Patent number: 9379692
    Abstract: A comparator is disclosed. The comparator has a power input terminal used to input electricity, a first and a second to-be-compared voltage input terminal used to receive the first and second to-be-compared voltage, an offset voltage adjusting circuit used to adjust an offset voltage, a comparative circuit used to compare the first to-be-compared voltage and a third to-be-compared voltage which is a sum of the second to-be-compared voltage and the offset voltage and to generate a comparative result, and a comparative result output terminal used to output the comparative result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Dan Cao
  • Publication number: 20160171427
    Abstract: A parcel delivery management method includes: providing an information input interface and displaying the information input interface on a handheld device to input and acquire waybill number information of at least one parcel to be delivered and courier identification information of a courier, associating the courier identification information with the waybill number information, and adding the associated courier identification information and the waybill number information to a relationship table; acquiring location information of a handheld device carried by the courier and the courier identification information; determining recipient contact information of the recipients whose recipient address are within a certain range from the location of the handheld device carried by the courier according to the acquired location information of the handheld device; and informing the recipient whose recipient address is within the preset area to receive the corresponding parcel according to the recipient contact inform
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: DAN CAO
  • Patent number: 9370065
    Abstract: A short-circuit protection circuit to execute a short-circuit protection for a LED module of an electronic device. The LED module includes a positive input port. the short-circuit protection circuit includes a control unit for controlling the LED module to work or do not work, a feedback module, a comparison module, and a trigger module. The feedback module is connected between the positive input port of the LED module and ground, and is used to detect a voltage of the positive input port and produce a feedback voltage proportional to the voltage of the positive input port. The comparison module produces a first comparison signal when comparing the feedback voltage is less than a reference voltage. The trigger module produces an off trigger signal to trigger the control unit to control the LED module to not work, when receiving the first comparison signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventor: Dan Cao
  • Patent number: 9338826
    Abstract: A method for automatically configuring an electronic toilet device includes detecting usage of the electronic toilet device throughout a first time period. The first time period is divided into a plurality of discrete time units. The method further includes recording a usage state for each of the plurality of time units in the first time period based on the detecting and using the recorded usage states to configure an operating schedule for the electronic toilet device for a next time period. The method further includes operating the electronic toilet device throughout the next time period according to the operating schedule while detecting and recording a usage state for each of the plurality of time units in the next time period and periodically configuring an operating schedule for each subsequent time period using the recorded usage states associated with a preceding time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SHANGHAI KOHLER ELECTRONICS, LTD
    Inventors: Minghui Zhu, Bo Hu, Ni Li, Dan Cao, Yingfeng Wang, Jiongjun Xue, Weiran Xin
  • Patent number: 9332607
    Abstract: A LED backlight driving circuit includes a voltage boosting circuit for converting an input voltage into an output voltage for a LED string; a current control module connected to a negative terminal of the LED string and for regulating a working current of the LED string; a driver chip for supplying the voltage boost circuit and current control module respectively with first and second square wave signals; a current detection module for detecting the working current of the LED string to generate detection signal; a control signal module for receiving the detection signal to generate a control signal; and a frequency regulation module for receiving the control signal to thereby generate a resistance. The frequency regulation module connects the driver chip, and the driver chip regulates a driving frequency of the driving circuit according to the resistance. A LCD device using the driving circuit also is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Dan Cao
  • Publication number: 20160094869
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing information associated with media contents are provided. The method comprises broadcasting a communication address associated with a playing device configured to play the media contents, the broadcasted communication address enables a user terminal device to communicate with the playing device; receiving, from the user terminal device, a request to acquire information associated with the media contents; determining an identifier associated with the information; and transmitting the identifier to the user terminal device. The identifier enables the user terminal device to acquire the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Dan CAO, Wanxi REN, Zizhao LEI, Xinhui LONG, Xiangfu LI, Weiming LUO, Jun LUO, Haitao CAO
  • Publication number: 20160088695
    Abstract: A short-circuit protection circuit to execute a short-circuit protection for a LED module of an electronic device. The LED module includes a positive input port. the short-circuit protection circuit includes a control unit for controlling the LED module to work or do not work, a feedback module, a comparison module, and a trigger module. The feedback module is connected between the positive input port of the LED module and ground, and is used to detect a voltage of the positive input port and produce a feedback voltage proportional to the voltage of the positive input port. The comparison module produces a first comparison signal when comparing the feedback voltage is less than a reference voltage. The trigger module produces an off trigger signal to trigger the control unit to control the LED module to not work, when receiving the first comparison signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Dan CAO
  • Publication number: 20160065749
    Abstract: A method for controlling wireless internet connection of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device tracks the habits of a user of starting or ending the application and adjusts itself to match the habits, the application is based on the Internet. The electronic device automatically disconnects a communication link between the electronic device and the network of mobile Internet when the current time is an idle usage time of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: XIN LU, DAN CAO
  • Publication number: 20160065198
    Abstract: A comparator is disclosed. The comparator has a power input terminal used to input electricity, a first and a second to-be-compared voltage input terminal used to receive the first and second to-be-compared voltage, an offset voltage adjusting circuit used to adjust an offset voltage, a comparative circuit used to compare the first to-be-compared voltage and a third to-be-compared voltage which is a sum of the second to-be-compared voltage and the offset voltage and to generate a comparative result, and a comparative result output terminal used to output the comparative result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Dan Cao
  • Publication number: 20160063194
    Abstract: In an appointment-making method for a user's mobile device, a request for an appointment with a doctor is transmitted by the mobile device. Information as to doctors and services available for patient registration therewith is obtained and transmitted to the mobile device. A confirmation response from user's mobile device is received, and an appointment with a doctor is fixed. A registration number is assigned to the user in response to the received confirmation response. According to the assigned registration number, a patient queue for the doctor or the department is established, based on a predefined queue algorithm. Data as to queue length associated with the registration number is transmitted to the mobile device and payment of medical fees can also be made through the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: DAN CAO