Patents by Inventor Dong Zheng

Dong Zheng 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: 20210004053
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels that display images for a user. The electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light information. A subset of the pixels in the array of pixels may overlap the ambient light sensor so that ambient light passing through the subset of pixels may be measured. Each pixel may have an emission enable transistor coupled in series with a light-emitting diode. Control circuitry in the electronic device may disable the subset of pixels to reduce stray light during ambient light measurements while enabling remaining pixels in the array of pixels to display an image. Ambient light sensor circuitry may gather ambient light sensor measurements over one or more periods by using transfer transistors to transfer change from the photodetectors to charge storage capacitors formed from floating diffusions in a common substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Guocheng Shao, Dong Zheng, Christopher M. Dodson, Kenneth J. Vampola, Koorosh Aflatooni
  • Publication number: 20200341512
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels that display images for a user. The electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light information. A subset of the pixels in the array of pixels may overlap the ambient light sensor so that ambient light passing through the subset of pixels may be measured. Each pixel may have an emission enable transistor coupled in series with a light-emitting diode. Control circuitry in the electronic device may disable the subset of pixels to reduce stray light during ambient light measurements while enabling remaining pixels in the array of pixels to display an image. Ambient light sensor circuitry may gather ambient light sensor measurements over one or more periods by using transfer transistors to transfer change from the photodetectors to charge storage capacitors formed from floating diffusions in a common substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Guocheng Shao, Dong Zheng, Christopher M. Dodson, Kenneth J. Vampola, Koorosh Aflatooni
  • Publication number: 20200344754
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to a system and a method of remotely rendering artificial realty. In one approach, a console determines an expected transmission end time of a first session for wireless transmission of image data indicating an image of artificial reality to a head wearable display. In one approach, the console determines an expected process end time of generating additional data associated with the image of the artificial reality. In one approach, the console compares the expected transmission end time and the expected process end time. The console may transmit, to the head wearable display in the first session, the additional data together with the image data, in response to the expected process end time being less than the expected transmission end time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Qi QU, Dong ZHENG, Gang LU, William Louis ABBOTT, Nicholas Daniel TRAIL
  • Patent number: 10817018
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels that display images for a user. The electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light information. A subset of the pixels in the array of pixels may overlap the ambient light sensor so that ambient light passing through the subset of pixels may be measured. Each pixel may have an emission enable transistor coupled in series with a light-emitting diode. Control circuitry in the electronic device may disable the subset of pixels to reduce stray light during ambient light measurements while enabling remaining pixels in the array of pixels to display an image. Ambient light sensor circuitry may gather ambient light sensor measurements over one or more periods by using transfer transistors to transfer change from the photodetectors to charge storage capacitors formed from floating diffusions in a common substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guocheng Shao, Dong Zheng, Christopher M. Dodson, Kenneth J. Vampola, Koorosh Aflatooni
  • Patent number: 10788361
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which a display is mounted. The display may have an active area in which images are displayed by an array of pixels and an inactive area that is free of pixels. A color ambient light sensor may make color and luminance measurements on ambient light received through an ambient light sensor window in the inactive area of the display or elsewhere in the electronic device. The color ambient light sensor may have color ambient light sensor elements of different colors. The ambient light sensor elements may extend in a row along an edge of the display or may have other configurations. Analog-to-digital converter circuitry and switching circuitry may gather color ambient light sensor measurements and measurements indicative of whether or not the color ambient light sensor has been obscured by an external object from the light sensor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tianbo Sun, Brian R. Land, Dong Zheng, Serhan O. Isikman, Venkata Siva Sunil Kumar Reddy Bommu, Zhang Jia
  • Publication number: 20200288492
    Abstract: Disclosed herein a system, a method and a device for dynamic scheduling between a head wearable display and a console is provided. The head wearable display can initiate, at a first time instance, a first downlink transmission to the console. The head wearable display can dynamically indicate, to the console, an end of the first downlink transmission, at a second time instance when transfer of data of the first downlink transmission is complete. The head wearable display can dynamically cause, relative to the second time instance, the console to begin an uplink transmission. The head wearable display can receive an indication to dynamically start a second downlink transmission, at a third time instance when transfer of data of the uplink transmission is complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Gang LU, Dong ZHENG, Qi QU, Yuting FAN
  • Publication number: 20200288360
    Abstract: Disclosed herein a system, a method and a device for selecting between a primary link and a secondary link for AR/VR applications. A console can provide a VR/AR session to a user through a head wearable display. The console can determine that a first measurement of a primary link between the console and a head wearable display is less than a first threshold. The first measurement can include a quality metric of the primary link. The console can activate a secondary link between the console and the head wearable display. The console can determine whether a second measurement of the primary link between the console and the head wearable display is less than a second threshold. The console can transition when the second measurement is less than the second threshold, traffic on the primary link to the activated secondary link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Dong ZHENG, Qi QU, Gang LU, Yuting FAN, William Louis ABBOTT
  • Publication number: 20200287653
    Abstract: Systems and methods for beamforming include a device including at least one of a head wearable display (HWD) or a console. The device establishes a first connection between an active HWD radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) and an active console RFIC. The device compares a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the first connection to an MCS threshold. The device performs MCS measurements for a second connection of at least one of an idle HWD RFIC or an idle console RFIC, while the first connection is maintained, in response to the MCS not satisfying the MCS threshold. The device compares the MCS measurements of the second connection to the MCS threshold. The device switches to the second connection when at least one of the one or more MCS measurements satisfies the MCS threshold and/or above the MCS of the first connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Dong ZHENG, Yuting FAN, Qi QU, Gang LU
  • Patent number: 10735266
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for dynamic bandwidth allocation are disclosed. One method includes identifying, by a first distribution node of a wireless mesh network, a communication link with a second distribution node of the wireless mesh network, generating, by the first distribution node, a proposed bandwidth allocation schedule for wireless communication of information between the first distribution node and the second distribution node, wherein the second distribution node receives the proposed bandwidth allocation schedule, and wherein the second distribution node adjusts the proposed bandwidth allocation schedule. The method further includes receiving, by the first distribution node, the adjusted proposed bandwidth allocation schedule from the second distribution node, and communicating, by the first distribution node, information with the second distribution node according to the adjusted proposed bandwidth allocation schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Zheng, Praveen Kumar Gopala, Pradeep Jugraj Nemavat, Adam Joshua Efron
  • Patent number: 10670786
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a color ambient light sensor. The color ambient light sensor may be used to measure an ambient light spectrum over a wavelength range of interest. Control circuitry in the electronic device can take actions based on the measured ambient light spectrum such as adjusting the brightness and color cast of content on a display. A display may have a display cover layer. The color ambient light sensor can be mounted under the display cover layer and may receive ambient light through the display cover layer. The color ambient light sensor may have a tunable wavelength filter such as an electrically adjustable Fabry-Perot resonator. A light collimator may be interposed between the display cover layer and the Fabry-Perot resonator to collimate ambient light that is passed to the Fabry-Perot resonator. A light detector measures the light passing through the Fabry-Perot resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Zheng, Ove Lyngnes, Prashanth S. Holenarsipur, Serhan O. Isikman, Tianbo Sun, Tingjun Xu, Xianwei Zhao, Xingxing Cai
  • Patent number: 10553179
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of pixels that form an active area and may have an inactive area that runs along an edge of the active area. An opaque layer may be formed on an inner surface of a display cover layer in the inactive area of the display or may be formed on another transparent layer in the electronic device. An optical component window may be formed from the opening and may be aligned with an ambient light sensor such as a color ambient light sensor. The color ambient light sensor may have an infrared-blocking filter to block infrared light such as infrared light emitted by an infrared-light-emitting diode in the device. A light diffuser layer, light guide, and other structures may also be included in the ambient light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Prashanth S. Holenarsipur, Dong Zheng, Serhan O. Isikman
  • Patent number: 10512157
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. An opaque layer may be formed on an inner surface of a display cover layer in an inactive area of the display. An optical component window may be formed from the opening and may be aligned with an ambient light sensor such as a color ambient light sensor. The color ambient light sensor may have photodetectors on a light detector integrated circuit. Electrostatic shielding may be incorporated into the color ambient light sensor to prevent perturbations in the output of the color ambient light sensor due to the presence of electrostatic charge in the vicinity of the optical component window. The shielding may include a grounded shield layer on a surface of an ambient light sensor support structure that faces the display cover layer and may include a transparent shield layer overlapping the photodetectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dianbo Guo, Dong Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190354714
    Abstract: The present invention provides a health file access control system and method in an electronic medical cloud. The system comprises: a medical management center unit configured to generate a system public key and a system private key, and generate a private key for corresponding utilizer's attributes according to the system public key, the system private key, and a set of utilizer's attributes; an electronic medical cloud storage unit configured to receive and store a privacy-protected health file ciphertext; and at least one health file user access unit configured to encrypt the health file according to the system public key to obtain the privacy-protected health file ciphertext, and/or generate the set of utilizer's attribute, and decrypt the privacy-protected health file ciphertext according to the system public key and the private key for utilizer's attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Yinghui ZHANG, Dong ZHENG, Qinglan ZHAO, Chengzhe LAI, Rui GUO
  • Publication number: 20190317258
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a color ambient light sensor. The color ambient light sensor may be used to measure an ambient light spectrum over a wavelength range of interest. Control circuitry in the electronic device can take actions based on the measured ambient light spectrum such as adjusting the brightness and color cast of content on a display. A display may have a display cover layer. The color ambient light sensor can be mounted under the display cover layer and may receive ambient light through the display cover layer. The color ambient light sensor may have a tunable wavelength filter such as an electrically adjustable Fabry-Perot resonator. A light collimator may be interposed between the display cover layer and the Fabry-Perot resonator to collimate ambient light that is passed to the Fabry-Perot resonator. A light detector measures the light passing through the Fabry-Perot resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Dong Zheng, Ove Lyngnes, Prashanth S. Holenarsipur, Serhan O. Isikman, Tianbo Sun, Tingjun Xu, Xianwei Zhao, Xingxing Cai
  • Publication number: 20190280934
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for dynamic bandwidth allocation are disclosed. One method includes identifying, by a first distribution node of a wireless mesh network, a communication link with a second distribution node of the wireless mesh network, generating, by the first distribution node, a proposed bandwidth allocation schedule for wireless communication of information between the first distribution node and the second distribution node, wherein the second distribution node receives the proposed bandwidth allocation schedule, and wherein the second distribution node adjusts the proposed bandwidth allocation schedule. The method further includes receiving, by the first distribution node, the adjusted proposed bandwidth allocation schedule from the second distribution node, and communicating, by the first distribution node, information with the second distribution node according to the adjusted proposed bandwidth allocation schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Dong Zheng, Praveen Kumar Gopala, Pradeep Jugraj Nemavat, Adam Joshua Efron
  • Publication number: 20190229994
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for dynamic bandwidth allocation are disclosed. One method includes identifying, by a first distribution node of a wireless mesh network, a communication link with a second distribution node of the wireless mesh network, generating, by the first distribution node, a proposed bandwidth allocation schedule for wireless communication of information between the first distribution node and the second distribution node based on data traffic requirements of the first distribution node, wherein the second distribution node receives the proposed bandwidth allocation schedule, and wherein the second distribution node adjusts the proposed bandwidth allocation schedule based upon data traffic requirements of the second distribution node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Dong Zheng, Praveen Kumar Gopala, Pradeep Jugraj Nemavat, Adam Joshua Efron
  • Patent number: 10348572
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for dynamic bandwidth allocation are disclosed. One method includes identifying, by a first distribution node of a wireless mesh network, a communication link with a second distribution node of the wireless mesh network, generating, by the first distribution node, a proposed bandwidth allocation schedule for wireless communication of information between the first distribution node and the second distribution node based on data traffic requirements of the first distribution node, wherein the second distribution node receives the proposed bandwidth allocation schedule, and wherein the second distribution node adjusts the proposed bandwidth allocation schedule based upon data traffic requirements of the second distribution node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Zheng, Praveen Kumar Gopala, Pradeep Jugraj Nemavat, Adam Joshua Efron
  • Publication number: 20190186704
    Abstract: A solar-powered decorative light system, a decorative light apparatus, and a method of controlling a decorative light apparatus. The solar-powered light system includes kinetic, balancing decorative items having controllable light sources that illuminate to give a “chasing light” visual effect that is automatically illuminated in response to movement of the decorative items. The illumination of the light sources is configured to correlate or is otherwise synchronized in relation to movement of the decorative items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Fei Qiu, Guo dong Zheng
  • Patent number: 10254160
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of pixels that form an active area and may have an inactive area that runs along an edge of the active area. A color ambient light sensor may gather ambient light measurements through a window in an opaque masking layer in the inactive area. The color ambient light sensor may have photodiodes with different spectral sensitivities and may have a dark current photodiode that is insensitive to light. A set of analog-to-digital converters may be used to digitize photodiode signals from the photodiodes. A switch array may be used to distribute signals from the photodiodes to each of the analog-to-digital converters. This allows the output of each photodiode to be averaged over multiple analog-to-digital converters to remove any impact of variations in performance between converters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190098748
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. An opaque layer may be formed on an inner surface of a display cover layer in an inactive area of the display. An optical component window may be formed from the opening and may be aligned with an ambient light sensor such as a color ambient light sensor. The color ambient light sensor may have photodetectors on a light detector integrated circuit. Electrostatic shielding may be incorporated into the color ambient light sensor to prevent perturbations in the output of the color ambient light sensor due to the presence of electrostatic charge in the vicinity of the optical component window. The shielding may include a grounded shield layer on a surface of an ambient light sensor support structure that faces the display cover layer and may include a transparent shield layer overlapping the photodetectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Dianbo Guo, Dong Zheng