Patents by Inventor Fang Deng

Fang Deng 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: 20220121620
    Abstract: A system clock is protected by limiting clock changes, change frequency, and calculating skew. System and secure clocks are initialized to a same time. First and second thresholds are set. The first threshold corresponds to an alert and the second threshold corresponds to an action. At a time interval at which the secure clock is to be updated, a skew is calculated between the system and secure clocks, and a cumulative skew is calculated. Upon a determination that the cumulative skew has reached the first threshold, but not the second threshold, the alert is triggered while deletions of files having retention locks that have expired according to the system clock are allowed to continue. Upon a determination that the cumulative skew has reached the second threshold, the action is triggered. The action includes blocking the deletions of files having retention locks that have expired according to the system clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jagannathdas Rath, Kalyan C. Gunda, Rekha Sampath, Satish Inampudi, Senthil Ponnuswamy, Sophie Syau Fang Deng
  • Publication number: 20220115906
    Abstract: A self-powered wireless keyboard by modifying the structure of a traditional membrane keyboard having a volcanic crater structure. Not damaging the original membrane keyboard structure, a micro magnet core is installed inside a cylindrical protrusion block under the key cap as a mover of the induction power generation device, and an induction coil is wound in a key slot of the keyboard base as the stator of the induction power generation device. In this way, when each key is pressed, it will produce induction current. A layer of flexible solar cell can be laid on the upper surface of the key, which can generate electricity by collecting the light energy in the surrounding environment during the time of daily illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Fang DENG, Yanxin JI, Xinyu FAN, Yeyun CAI, Chengwei MI, Feng GAO, Jie CHEN, Lihua DOU
  • Patent number: 11245317
    Abstract: An electric motor for an appliance includes a rotor coupled with a drive shaft. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor magnets that each define a magnet assembly including a plurality of magnet portions having different magnet pole orientations. A stator is in electromagnetic communication with the rotor. A gap is defined between the stator and the rotor. The stator comprises a stator core. A plurality of stator poles define the gap. Stator magnets are positioned within the stator core and are located to partially define the gap. Each stator magnet defines a pair of flux paths that extend around an outer perimeter of the stator magnet and onto the gap. The different magnet pole orientations of the plurality of rotor magnets operate to direct an effective magnetic flux toward the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fang Deng, Cheng Gong
  • Publication number: 20210394662
    Abstract: An intelligent transfer vehicle for shared bicycles includes: a cockpit, a vehicle body platform, shared bicycle parking racks, a wheeled device, a power source unit, and a vehicle-mounted unit. The intelligent transfer vehicle combines the function of a parking platform and a transfer platform into one, and can have three transfer modes to reduce reliance on a dispatch center, save costs and improve transfer efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Fang DENG, Xiang SHI, Wenjie CHEN, Xiaobo WU, Xinyu FAN, Lele ZHANG, Li LIANG, Xin GAO, Xianghu YUE, Ziman YE, Feng GAO
  • Publication number: 20210320581
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum rotationally positioned within a structural cabinet. An impeller is rotationally positioned within the drum. The impeller is selectively and independently operable with respect to the drum. A binary motor has a first motor and a second motor disposed within a common housing. A first drive belt extends between the first motor and the drum. A second drive belt extends between the second motor and the impeller. The first and second motors engage the first and second drive belts on a belt side of the common housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Krati Bhargava, Fang Deng, James Hull, Jagtanand More
  • Publication number: 20210175785
    Abstract: An electric motor for an appliance includes a rotor coupled with a drive shaft. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor magnets that each define a magnet assembly including a plurality of magnet portions having different magnet pole orientations. A stator is in electromagnetic communication with the rotor. A gap is defined between the stator and the rotor. The stator comprises a stator core. A plurality of stator poles define the gap. Stator magnets are positioned within the stator core and are located to partially define the gap. Each stator magnet defines a pair of flux paths that extend around an outer perimeter of the stator magnet and onto the gap. The different magnet pole orientations of the plurality of rotor magnets operate to direct an effective magnetic flux toward the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fang Deng, Cheng Gong
  • Patent number: 11023715
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for expression recognition, which is applied to the field of image processing. The method includes acquiring a three-dimensional image of a target face and a two-dimensional image of the target face, where the three-dimensional image includes first depth information of the target face and first color information of the target face, and the two-dimensional image includes second color information of the target face. A first neural network classifies an expression of the target face according to the first depth information, the first color information, the second color information, and a first parameter to the target face. The first parameter includes at least one facial expression category and first parameter data for identifying an expression category of the target facial. The disclosed method and device can accurately recognize facial expressions under different facial positions and different illumination conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ArcSoft Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Han Qiu, Fang Deng, Kangning Song
  • Publication number: 20210135625
    Abstract: A photovoltaic array fault diagnosis method based on composite information is provided. The method includes: collecting and preprocessing composite information data of photovoltaic array working state, including image data and text data; using the image data of photovoltaic array working state to train a pre-established fault classification model of deep convolutional neural network, to thereby obtain an image fault classification model; using the text data of photovoltaic array working state to train a pre-established fault classification model based on a support vector machine, to thereby obtain a text fault classification model; fusing the image fault classification model and the text fault classification model by logistic regression algorithm to obtain a fusion model, and training the fusion model using the composite information data of photovoltaic array working state to thereby obtain the photovoltaic array fault diagnosis model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Fang DENG, Zelang LIANG, Ning DING, Xinyu FAN, Xin GAO, Yuyun CAI, Jie CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210127902
    Abstract: A food processing appliance includes a container having a rotational processing assembly that includes an inner portion of a magnetic coupler. A base has a drive system for providing a rotational drive force. A drive rotor selectively transfers the rotational drive force to the magnetic coupler. The drive rotor includes a plurality of drive-magnetic members that form an outer portion of the magnetic coupler. The inner portion and outer portions of the magnetic coupler selectively and magnetically engage to form an engaged position. The engaged position is further defined by the inner portion being completely separated from the outer portion to define a gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fang Deng, Cheng Gong
  • Publication number: 20200347538
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum that is rotationally operable about a rotational axis within a tub. The rotational axis is oriented in a generally horizontal configuration. An impeller is rotationally operable within the drum about the rotational axis. A dual-rotor motor is coupled to the drum and the impeller for providing separate and independent rotation of the drum and impeller about the rotational axis. An inner rotor of the dual-rotor motor is coupled with the impeller and an outer rotor of the dual-rotor motor is coupled with the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Krati Bhargava, Fang Deng, James B. Hull, Wang Jun, Dennis Kehl, Weitao Yang
  • Publication number: 20200274414
    Abstract: A stator assembly for a permanent magnet motor is disclosed. The assembly comprises a yoke comprising a plurality of teeth in connection therewith and extending into an opening formed by the yoke. The plurality of teeth comprises a first tooth and a second tooth. The first tooth is arranged adjacent to the second tooth about a rotational axis of the motor. The assembly further comprises a first coil and a second coil. The assembly is configured to receive three winding phases comprising a first winding phase, a second winding phase, and a third winding phase. The first tooth and the second tooth form adjacent pairs of the stator teeth comprising two of the three winding phases, and the adjacent pairs of the stator teeth are distributed around the opening and form an opening configured to receive a rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fang Deng
  • Patent number: 10693336
    Abstract: A stator assembly for a permanent magnet motor is disclosed. The assembly comprises a yoke comprising a plurality of teeth in connection therewith and extending into an opening formed by the yoke. The plurality of teeth comprises a first tooth and a second tooth. The first tooth is arranged adjacent to the second tooth about a rotational axis of the motor. The assembly further comprises a first coil and a second coil. The first coil comprises a first conductive winding having a first number of turns disposed around the first tooth, and the second coil comprises a second conductive winding having a second number of turns disposed around the second tooth. The first number of turns is different from the second number of turns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Fang Deng
  • Publication number: 20190294866
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for expression recognition, which is applied to the field of image processing. The method includes acquiring a three-dimensional image of a target face and a two-dimensional image of the target face, where the three-dimensional image includes first depth information of the target face and first color information of the target face, and the two-dimensional image includes second color information of the target face. A first neural network classifies an expression of the target face according to the first depth information, the first color information, the second color information, and a first parameter to the target face. The first parameter includes at least one facial expression category and first parameter data for identifying an expression category of the target facial. The disclosed method and device can accurately recognize facial expressions under different facial positions and different illumination conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Han Qiu, Fang Deng, Kangning Song
  • Patent number: 10218233
    Abstract: A motor for a laundry appliance includes a drive shaft coupled to a drum at a first end. The rotor frame is coupled proximate the second end of the drive shaft, where the rotor frame includes at least one polymeric material. A central hub includes a core and a perimetrical ring that extends circumferentially around the core. A plurality of recesses are defined within a planar surface of the perimetrical ring, wherein a portion of the polymeric material is received within the plurality of recesses to secure the rotor frame to the central hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Krati Bhargava, Fang Deng, James Hull, Hideraldo V. Santos, Orlando Starke, Pingjian Xu, Weitao Yang
  • Publication number: 20190034709
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for expression recognition, which is applied to the field of image processing. The method includes acquiring a three-dimensional image of a target face and a two-dimensional image of the target face, where the three-dimensional image includes first depth information of the target face and first color information of the target face, and the two-dimensional image includes second color information of the target face. A first neural network classifies an expression of the target face according to the first depth information, the first color information, the second color information, and a first parameter to the target face. The first parameter includes at least one facial expression category and first parameter data for identifying an expression category of the target facial. The disclosed method and device can accurately recognize facial expressions under different facial positions and different illumination conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Han Qiu, Fang Deng, Kangning Song
  • Publication number: 20180351426
    Abstract: A stator assembly for a permanent magnet motor is disclosed. The assembly comprises a yoke comprising a plurality of teeth in connection therewith and extending into an opening formed by the yoke. The plurality of teeth comprises a first tooth and a second tooth. The first tooth is arranged adjacent to the second tooth about a rotational axis of the motor. The assembly further comprises a first coil and a second coil. The first coil comprises a first conductive winding having a first number of turns disposed around the first tooth, and the second coil comprises a second conductive winding having a second number of turns disposed around the second tooth. The first number of turns is different from the second number of turns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fang Deng
  • Publication number: 20180198329
    Abstract: A motor for a laundry appliance includes a drive shaft coupled to a drum at a first end. The rotor frame is coupled proximate the second end of the drive shaft, where the rotor frame includes at least one polymeric material. A central hub includes a core and a perimetrical ring that extends circumferentially around the core. A plurality of recesses are defined within a planar surface of the perimetrical ring, wherein a portion of the polymeric material is received within the plurality of recesses to secure the rotor frame to the central hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Krati Bhargava, Fang Deng, James Hull, Hideraldo V. Santos, Orlando Starke, Pingjian Xu, Weitao Yang
  • Patent number: 9948152
    Abstract: A motor for a laundry appliance includes a drive shaft coupled to a drum at a first end. The rotor frame is coupled proximate the second end of the drive shaft, where the rotor frame includes at least one polymeric material. A central hub includes a core and a perimetrical ring that extends circumferentially around the core. A plurality of recesses are defined within a planar surface of the perimetrical ring, wherein a portion of the polymeric material is received within the plurality of recesses to secure the rotor frame to the central hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Krati Bhargava, Fang Deng, James Hull, Hideraldo V. Santos, Orlando Starke, Pingjian Xu, Weitao Yang
  • Patent number: 9812826
    Abstract: A connector for electrically connecting with a complementary connector, includes an insulating housing, a number of conductive contacts, and a shielding shell. The insulating housing includes a base, a mating tongue extending forwards from the base, and a number of channels extending through the mating tongue and the base. The conductive contacts are retained in the channels, with each conductive contact having a fixing portion assembled within corresponding channel, a contacting portion extending from one side of the fixing portion and a soldering portion extending from the other side of the fixing portion opposite to the contacting portion. The shielding shell covers the insulating housing and the number of conductive contacts. One of the contacts is employed for grounding purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventors: Wang-I Yu, Mao-Jung Huang, Ya-Juan Gou, Dan Li, Qing-Fang Deng
  • Publication number: 20170250508
    Abstract: A connector for electrically connecting with a complementary connector, includes an insulating housing, a number of conductive contacts, and a shielding shell. The insulating housing includes a base, a mating tongue extending forwards from the base, and a number of channels extending through the mating tongue and the base. The conductive contacts are retained in the channels, with each conductive contact having a fixing portion assembled within corresponding channel, a contacting portion extending from one side of the fixing portion and a soldering portion extending from the other side of the fixing portion opposite to the contacting portion. The shielding shell covers the insulating housing and the number of conductive contacts. One of the contacts is employed for grounding purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventors: Wang-I YU, Mao-Jung HUANG, Ya-Juan GOU, Dan LI, Qing-Fang DENG