Patents by Inventor Fei Hu

Fei Hu 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: 11388345
    Abstract: An image data processing device includes a data acquisition module for acquiring image data including original data information of images, the original data information of each image including the luminance value of each pixel in the image, and the luminance range that the image data may represent being Lmin-Lmax; a data conversion module for receiving the image data and converting the original data information of each image into new data information; and a data output module for outputting the new data information of each image in the data conversion module together with the corresponding maximum relative luminance value ? thereof. A capturing equipment and a display system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11380237
    Abstract: The display device comprises a light source device, an image pre-processing controller, and a light modulation device. The light source device emits first light and second light, wherein a color gamut range of the second light is wider than that of the first light. The image pre-processing controller acquires a color gamut range of the image to be displayed and a brightness value of each pixel based on original image data of an image data to be displayed, and determines a current color gamut range and controls the light source device to emit first light and the second light corresponding to amount of light required in the current color gamut range. The light modulation device modulates the light emitted by the light source device to generate image light of the image to be displayed based on image data corresponding to the current color gamut range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Xin Yu, Fei Hu, Zu-Qiang Guo, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20220197126
    Abstract: Disclosed are a light source system and a display device, including: a first light source configured to emit first light; a second light source configured to emit second light; a wavelength conversion device configured to perform a wavelength conversion on the first light to obtain third light; a first optical splitter having a first area and a second area; and a first light combining device. The first optical splitter moves in timing sequence to make the first area and the second area be sequentially located on a preset light path. A side surface of the first optical splitter is configured to homogenize the first light and the second light that are emitted to the first light combining device; and the first light combining device is configured to guide the first light, the second light, and the third light to exit along a same light path to form illumination light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei HU, Zuqiang GUO, Ning LU, Yi LI
  • Publication number: 20220189419
    Abstract: The display device provided in the present application comprises: a light source; a light modulator, comprising a digital micro-lens array comprising a plurality of micro reflective lenses, being arranged on the light path of the light emitted by the light source, and being used for modulating the light emitted by the light source on the basis of a target image and the light emission brightness of the light source in order to obtain a greyscale image; and a control apparatus, used for controlling a drive current of the light source, such that the light emission brightness of the light source is adjusted in separate time periods within the time of one image frame, and the drive current of the light source is overshot in at least some of the time periods in order to increase the display bit depth of the greyscale image from n to n+i (i?1 and i being an integer), each time period corresponding on a one-to-one basis with a bit plane of the greyscale image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Chen CHEN, Fei HU, Xin YU, Zuqiang GUO, Yi LI
  • Publication number: 20220186910
    Abstract: Provided is a light source system, including: a light-emitting module configured to emit first light along a first light path and second light along a second light path; a wavelength conversion device configured to receive the first light and emit excited light with a color different from the first light; and a compensation device configured to guide the second light and adjust its luminous intensity distribution so that the luminous intensity distribution of the second light exiting from the compensation device is substantially identical to the excited light. The compensation device includes a compensation element configured to adjust luminous intensity distribution of a light beam so that an emergent light beam of the compensation element has reduced overall luminous intensity compared with an incident light beam. The second light exiting from the compensation device is combined with the excited light to form third light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Chen, Fei Hu, Zuqiang Guo, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20220180827
    Abstract: A display device, including: a light source, used for emitting light source light; a control unit, used for controlling a drive current for the light source, the modulation period of each frame of image to be displayed comprising at least one pulse modulation period, and within the pulse modulation period, the drive current for the light source being an overshoot current so that the average luminous brightness of the light source in the modulation period reaches preset brightness; and a light modulation unit, used for modulating the light source light according to image data of the image to be displayed and the luminous brightness of the light source to obtain a modulated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Chen CHEN, Fei HU, Xin YU, Zuqiang GUO, Yi LI
  • Publication number: 20220180831
    Abstract: A display system includes a light source system including a light source array formed from multiple light source units, and used to emit a light beam, wherein the light source array can be divided into I×J sub-regions; a display unit disposed on an emergent light path of the light source system, and used to modulate a light spot on a surface thereof according to a light spot modulation signal, so as to generate image light; and a dynamic control module for obtaining the light spot modulation signal and a current modulation signal according to an image signal, dynamically updated chromaticity information and maximum brightness information of the light source units, and a correlation curve between a modulation current and brightness, wherein the current modulation signal is used to adjust the light source system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Chao WU, Xin YU, Fei HU, Yi LI
  • Patent number: 11343476
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a light source device, an image data processing module, a light modulating device and an image synthesizing device. The light source device is configured to emit first light and second light. The image data processing module is configured to receive original image data of an image to be displayed, wherein the original image data of the image to be displayed is based on image data within a second color gamut range and comprises original control signal values of m colors of each pixel; the second color gamut range covers a first color gamut range and has a portion that exceeds the first color gamut range. The image data processing module is further configured to map the original control signal values of the m colors into m corrected control signal values corresponding to the first light and n corrected control signal values corresponding to the second light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Xin Yu, Fei Hu, Zu-Qiang Guo, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11339486
    Abstract: An electrocatalytic material includes a bulk material metal including at least one metal, wherein the bulk material metal is in an amorphous form and includes mesopores. A method for making an electrocatalytic material includes forming an amorphous bulk material metal, and forming mesopores in the amorphous bulk material metal. The bulk material metal may in some instances be selected from an alloy of at least one metal and at least one non-metal selected from phosphorus, boron, nitrogen, carbon, and any combination thereof. The at least one metal may in some instances be selected from iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, titanium, manganese, molybdenum, niobium, zirconium, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Zhenmeng Peng, Fei Hu
  • Patent number: 11336874
    Abstract: An image display method includes according to image information of a current image frame to be displayed, adjusting the brightness of a first light source (11) having a first light field, and steering light of a second light source (12) to form a second light field, so as to enable the first light field provided by the second light source (11) and the second light field provided by the second light source (12) to work in concert to satisfy displaying of display partitions of the image frame to be displayed. The image display method implements high-dynamic range display of images, and facilitates improvement of dark field detail expression of images to be displayed. Also provided are an image display apparatus and a projection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Xin Yu, Chao Wu, Fei Hu, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11335978
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery comprises: a case comprising a receiving hole having an opening; a cap assembly sealingly connected with the case to close the opening; an electrode assembly disposed in the receiving hole, wherein the electrode assembly comprises two end surfaces opposite to each other in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the receiving hole and tabs extending from respective end surfaces, and the electrode assembly comprises two or more electrode units which are stacked in the axial direction; and a current collecting unit comprising a first sheet and a first current collecting sheet connected to the first sheet, wherein both the first sheet and the first current collecting sheet extend in the axial direction, and the tab is bent with respect to the first direction and is electrically connected to the first current collecting sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yuanbao Chen, Rui Yang, Dongyang Shi, Ning Chen, Fei Hu, Zhenhua Li
  • Publication number: 20220146921
    Abstract: A projection system, comprising a first light source which is an array light source, the first light source being divided into a plurality of illumination areas, and each illumination area may be independently controllable so as to generate a first illumination light field of which the brightness and darkness may be modulated; a second light source comprises an illumination unit and a light steering unit; the light steering unit redistributes illumination light emitted from the illumination unit to generate a second illumination light field of which the brightness and darkness may be modulated, wherein the first and second illumination light fields overlap to generate a combined light field. Also provided is a projection display method. The goal of simultaneously increasing image peak value brightness and lowering image dark field brightness is achieved, and a projection system that has a high contrast ratio is thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Xin Yu, Fei Hu, Chao Wu, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20220128894
    Abstract: Provided are a wavelength conversion apparatus, a light source system including the same, and a display device including the light source system. The wavelength conversion apparatus includes an angle deflection region and a wavelength conversion region for converting incident second light into excited light and then emitting same. The angle deflection region includes deflection units, each of which includes a light emergent face for emitting first light. A first included angle is formed between the light emergent face and a reference plane. First included angles between light emergent faces of at least two deflection units and the reference plane are not equal. The deflection units are located on a light path of the first light in a time sequence, so as to change an emergent angle of the first light in the time sequence, such that the first light is successively scanned at a preset position to form virtual pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Fei HU, Xin YU, Shijie LI, Yi LI
  • Publication number: 20220121097
    Abstract: A projection screen and a projection system are provided. The projection screen includes a microlens array layer, a filter layer, and an optical structure layer arranged sequentially from an incident side of a projection light. The microlens array layer includes microlens units. The filter layer has a predetermined transmittance and is provided with a light-transmissive hole. The optical structure layer includes an optical microstructure unit capable of reflecting the incident light. The light-transmissive hole in the filter layer is arranged on the basis of an optical axis of the microlens unit in the microlens array layer so that the light-transmissive hole is exactly located on a focal plane of the microlens unit, and the projection light is reflected by the microlens unit, and then exactly passes through the light-transmissive hole. The projection screen has a high screen gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Wei Sun, Hongxiu Zhang, Fei Hu, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11307487
    Abstract: A laser illumination device and a projection system including the same. The laser illumination device includes a laser source, a light combining assembly, a micro-lens assembly, and a plurality of cylindrical lens assemblies; the plurality of cylindrical lens assemblies are provided in a light transmission path of the laser source; the micro-lens assembly is mounted at one side of the light combining assembly; each cylindrical lens assembly includes a first cylindrical lens array and a second cylindrical lens array; and the first cylindrical lens array and the second cylindrical lens array form a preset angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Zuqiang Guo, Peng Du, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20220113612
    Abstract: A projection display system, including light emitting device, light splitting device, first, second and third light modulators. The light emitting device emits first light and second light in time sequence. The light splitting device splits the first and second light into first and second wavelength range light along first and second optical paths, respectively, and guides part of the second light along the first optical path. The first and second light modulators modulate the light along the first and second optical paths, respectively; the light modulated by the first and second light modulators is combined to obtain third light along third optical path. The third light modulator is in optical path between the light emitting device and the light splitting device and modulates the first and second light from the light emitting device; or the third light modulator is in the third optical path and modulates the third light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yi Li, Fei Hu, Zuqiang Guo
  • Publication number: 20220111249
    Abstract: The present disclosure presents improved treadmill control systems and methods. One such method comprises initiating a recording a video sequence of a walking exercise by a subject on a treadmill device; extracting intra-gait phases of the subject from the recorded video sequence using a video temporal alignment with a neural network; generating a series of treadmill belt control settings for the treadmill device corresponding to each phase of the gait pattern of the subject; and signaling the series of treadmill belt control settings to a motor controller of the treadmill device. Other methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: David A. Brown, Chih-Ying Li, Mansoo Ko, Shengting Cao, Xuefeng Wang, Fei Hu, Yu Gan, Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11300868
    Abstract: A projection screen, comprising a screen substrate and a plurality of light reflecting portions, wherein the light reflecting portion is arranged on an incident side of the screen substrate, and has a first surface and a second surface that face different directions, the first surface facing an incident direction of projection light, and the plurality of light reflecting portions are continuously arranged on the screen substrate to form a structure of sawtooth shape, wherein a light absorbing layer is provided on the second surface; and a wavelength-selection filter layer is provided on the first surface, and the wavelength-selection filter layer is configured to reflect the projection light and transmit and absorb at least part of ambient light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Zuqiang Guo, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11296263
    Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion apparatus that includes a metal substrate; and a light-emitting ceramic layer. The light-emitting ceramic layer is used for absorbing excitation light and emitting excited light having a wavelength different from that of the excitation light. A metal reflective layer and a silica gel layer are stacked between the metal substrate and the light-emitting ceramic layer, and the reflective layer is used for reflecting the excited light and an unconverted part of the excitation light. The wavelength conversion device can reduce heat generated in the wavelength conversion apparatus, while realizing an aim of emitting excited light having a high illumination intensity in the wavelength conversion apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qian Li, Fei Hu, Yangang Wang, Yanzheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11296385
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a battery module and a battery pack. A battery module includes: a cooling component; and a battery group, comprising secondary batteries disposed side by side in a first direction and each including a case having an accommodating hole, an electrode assembly disposed in the accommodating hole, and a cap assembly, the electrode assembly including two end faces disposed opposite to each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction and an electrode tab extending from each end face. The secondary batteries each includes two sides opposite to each other in the second direction, the cooling component is disposed on at least one of the two sides, the cooling component and the end face are respectively disposed on two sides of the case in the second direction, and the cooling component is connected and fixed to each of the secondary batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Haizu Jin, Linggang Zhou, Peng Wang, Dongyang Shi, Xingdi Chen, Fei Hu, Fenggang Zhao, Yanhuo Xiang, Yongshou Lin