Patents by Inventor Hongmin (Bob) Zhang

Hongmin (Bob) Zhang 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: 20210275266
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a surgical apparatus comprising: a steerable member that is bendable and comprises a plurality of bending segments with channels therein; and a plurality of bending actuation wires that are arranged to pass through the steerable member and cause the steerable member to bend, the steerable member comprising at least one outwardly opening lumen through which the bending actuation wires pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel H. KIM, Dong Suk SHIN, Taeho JANG, Yong Man PARK, Jeihan LEE, Hongmin KIM, Kihoon NAM, Seokyung HAN
  • Publication number: 20210278919
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a touch display substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, a driving method thereof, and a display device thereof. The touch display substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of electrode blocks, independent of each other and arranged in an array, disposed on the substrate, and a switching device disposed between the adjacent electrode blocks. The electrode block is configured to receive a common voltage during a display period and receive a touch scan signal during a touch period. The switching device is configured to electrically connect the adjacent electrode blocks during the display period and electrically isolate the adjacent electrode blocks from each other during the touch period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Liqing LIAO, Hongmin LI, Zhifu DONG
  • Publication number: 20210267702
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a surgical apparatus comprising: a steerable member that is bendable and comprises a plurality of bending segments with channels therein; and a plurality of bending actuation wires that are arranged to pass through the steerable member and cause the steerable member to bend, the steerable member comprising at least one outwardly opening lumen through which the bending actuation wires pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel H. KIM, Dong Suk SHIN, Taeho JANG, Yong Man PARK, Jeihan LEE, Hongmin KIM, Kihoon NAM, Seokyung HAN
  • Publication number: 20210272506
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register including: a pre-charge reset circuit and an output circuit, the pre-charge reset circuit is configured to write, in a pre-charge stage, an input signal in an active level state into the pull-up node in response to the control of a first control signal, and write, in a reset stage, an input signal in an inactive level state into the pull-up node in response to the control of a second control signal; the output circuit is configured to write, in an output stage, a clock signal in an active level state into a signal output terminal in response to the control of an electric signal in an active level state at the pull-up node, and write, in the reset stage, a clock signal in an inactive level state into the signal output terminal in response to the control of the second control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Wei XUE, Hongmin LI, Yue SHI, Qinghua JIANG
  • Publication number: 20210272491
    Abstract: A shift register unit, a driving method thereof, a gate drive circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register unit includes: an input circuit, an output circuit, a pull-down control circuit and a pull-down circuit; and the output circuit is connected to a first DC power supply terminal, a second clock signal terminal, a pull-up node, a first driving signal output terminal and a second driving signal output terminal respectively, and is configured to output a first power supply signal of the first DC power supply terminal to the first driving signal output terminal under control of the pull-up node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ying WANG, Li SUN, Fengjing TANG, Hongmin LI
  • Patent number: 11107382
    Abstract: A shift register, a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register includes an input sub-circuit, a pull-down control sub-circuit, an output sub-circuit and a reset sub-circuit. The pull-down control sub-circuit is connected to a first signal input terminal, a pull-up node, a pull-down node and a first power terminal, and is configured to supply a first voltage signal of the first power terminal to the pull-down node under the control of the first input signal and a potential of the pull-up node. The output sub-circuit is connected to the first node and a second clock signal terminal, and is configured to output a second clock signal of the second clock signal terminal to a first output terminal and a second output terminal under the control of the potential of the pull-up node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ying Wang, Meng Li, Aifeng Gao, Hongmin Li
  • Patent number: 11107381
    Abstract: A shift register, a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register includes an input sub-circuit, an output sub-circuit, a reset sub-circuit, and a first shift output sub-circuit to an m-th shift output sub-circuit. The i-th shift output sub-circuit is connected with a third node, an (i?1)-th shift node, an i-th shift node, an (i+1)-th clock signal terminal, a first power terminal, a second power terminal, an (i?1)-th shift signal output terminal and an i-th shift signal output terminal, and is configured to supply a signal of the first power terminal to the i-th shift signal output terminal and a signal of the second power terminal to the (i?1)-th shift signal output terminal and the (i?1)-th shift node under control of the (i+1)-th clock signal terminal, i being an integer between 2 and m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ying Wang, Meng Li, Jing Li, Hongmin Li
  • Patent number: 11097256
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molecular sieve SCM-14, a preparation process and use thereof. The molecular sieve has a schematic chemical composition of a formula of “SiO2.1/nGeO2” or a formula of “kF.mQ.SiO2.1/nGeO2.pH2O”, wherein the molar ratio of silicon to germanium, n, satisfies n?30, and other values and symbols are defined in the specification. The molecular sieve has unique XRD diffraction data and can be used as an adsorbent or a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Weimin Yang, Zhendong Wang, Yi Luo, Hongmin Sun, Bin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210258510
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for image processing for multiple cameras. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring a plurality of image frames from each image frame source of a plurality of image frame sources, each plurality of image frames acquired at a first frame rate, combining the plurality of image frames from each image frame source into a single plurality of image frames with a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate, and outputting the single plurality of image frames as a video. In this way, high-frame-rate video may be obtained with multiple low-frame-rate image frame sources or cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Neil Woodall, Yue Ma, Hongmin (Bob) Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210256670
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for image processing for multiple cameras. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring image frames with a plurality of image frame sources configured with different acquisition settings, processing the image frames based on the different acquisition settings to generate at least one final image frame, and outputting the at least one final image frame. In this way, information from different image frame sources such as cameras may be leveraged to achieve increased frame rates with improved image quality and a desired motion appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Neil Woodall, Yue Ma, Hongmin (Bob) Zhang
  • Patent number: 11094110
    Abstract: The application shows a method, an apparatus, and an electronic device for processing an image. The method includes: obtaining an image of a first rendering style; obtaining an image of a second rendering style according to the image of the first rendering style and a first preset processing model; generating at least one first intermediate gradient image according to the image of the first rendering style, the image of the second rendering style, and a second preset processing model, the at least one first intermediate gradient image comprising an image in a process of gradient from the image of the first rendering style to the image of the second rendering style; generating a first gradient video according to the image of the first rendering style, at least one first intermediate gradient image, and an image of the second rendering style.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Wen Zheng, Wenbo Zhang, Qiang Li, Hongmin Xu
  • Patent number: 11087709
    Abstract: A shift register includes a first input sub-circuit, a first output sub-circuit, and a second output sub-circuit. The first input sub-circuit is connected to a first input terminal, a pull-up node, and a first control terminal, and the first input sub-circuit is configured to output a voltage of the first control terminal to the pull-up node under control of a voltage of the first input terminal. The first output sub-circuit is connected to the pull-up node, a clock signal terminal, and an output terminal, and the first output sub-circuit is configured to output a first level of the clock signal terminal to the output terminal under control of a voltage of the pull-up node. The second output sub-circuit is connected to the output terminal, a second output control terminal, and a first voltage terminal, and the second output sub-circuit is configured to output a voltage of the first voltage terminal to the output terminal under control of a voltage of the second output control terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Silin Feng, Hongmin Li
  • Patent number: 11076924
    Abstract: Provided herein as a steerable surgical robotic system for positioning a catheter comprising a sheath and a guidewire within a patient body, including a sheath driver configured to advance and retract a sheath having a hollow interior along a sheath advance and retract path extending therein, a guidewire driver configured to advance and retract a guidewire along a guidewire advance and retract path extending therein, wherein each of the sheath advance and retract path and the guidewire advance and retract path extend between pairs of rollers in the respective sheath and roller drivers, and the paths are parallel to each another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, XCATH, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel H. Kim, Dong Suk Shin, Taeho Jang, Yongman Park, Jeihan Lee, Hongmin Kim, Kihoon Nam, Jaeyeon Lee, Viljar Palmre, Younghee Shim, Bhavik Patel
  • Publication number: 20210233470
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a display panel and a driving method thereof, and a display device are provided, the pixel driving circuit including: a driving sub-circuit having a threshold voltage (Vth); a light emission control sub-circuit electrically coupled to the driving sub-circuit; and a data write sub-circuit electrically coupled to the driving sub-circuit and the light emission control sub-circuit, and electrically coupled with the driving sub-circuit at a first node and a second node, and configured to receive a scan signal and a data signal, to set a voltage of the first node to a voltage corresponding to the data signal, and set a voltage of the second node to the threshold voltage under control of the scan signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Jian Tao, Fengjing Tang, Wei Xue, Hongmin Li
  • Publication number: 20210232790
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fingerprint identification touch panel and a display device and belongs to the field of display technology. The fingerprint identification touch panel includes: a fingerprint identification substrate disposed on a side of light-exiting surface of a display module; and a fingerprint identification chip configured to be electrically coupled with the fingerprint identification substrate and to identify fingerprint information according to a detection signal of the fingerprint identification substrate, where an orthographic projection of the fingerprint identification substrate on the display module does not overlap an orthographic projection of the fingerprint identification chip on the display module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Junsheng CHEN, Hongmin LI
  • Patent number: 11069272
    Abstract: A shift register, a gate drive circuit, a display panel, and a driving method. The shift register includes: an input circuit, which is connected to a pull-up node and an input signal terminal respectively; an output circuit, which is connected to the pull-up node, a clock signal terminal, a direct current signal terminal and an input terminal respectively, wherein the clock signal terminal provides a clock signal, the direct current signal terminal provides a direct current signal, and the output circuit outputs a scanning signal from the output terminal; and an output pull-down circuit, which is connected to the output circuit. The output circuit is configured to output a scanning signal from the output terminal as one from among the direct current signal and the clock signal when a first output condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Silin Feng, Zhifu Dong, Wei Xue, Hongmin Li
  • Publication number: 20210216170
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a substrate. The substrate may include a plurality of electrode patterns. Each of the plurality of the electrode patterns may include a first electrode and a plurality of second electrodes connected to the first electrode. A shape of second electrodes of an electrode pattern may be complementary to a shape of second electrodes of at least one electrode pattern adjacent to the electrode pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ying Wang, Hongmin Li, Dong Wang, Zhifu Dong, Jian Tao, Li Sun
  • Publication number: 20210215969
    Abstract: A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and a reflective second substrate opposite to each other; a liquid crystal (LC) layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizer layer located at a side of the LC layer far away from the second substrate; a second polarizer layer located between the LC layer and the second substrate, the second polarizer layer being configured to allow transmitted light to have a first polarization direction. In the case where the LC layer is not applied with any voltage, light transmitted through the LC layer and the first polarizer layer has a second polarization direction, and the first polarization is substantially perpendicular to the second polarization direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Sun, Fengjing Tang, Jian Tao, Hongmin Li
  • Publication number: 20210208760
    Abstract: The present application discloses a touch control array substrate having a plurality of subpixel areas. The touch control army substrate includes a base substrate; an array of a plurality of touch electrode blocks on the base substrate; a plurality of touch signal lines respectively electrically connected to the plurality of touch electrode blocks; and a plurality of auxiliary conductive lines. A first touch electrode block of the plurality of touch electrode blocks is electrically connected to at least a first auxiliary conductive line of the plurality of auxiliary conductive lines at at least two different portions of the first touch electrode block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Tao, Hongmin Li, Fengjing Tang, Zhifu Dong, Wei Xue
  • Publication number: 20210172110
    Abstract: A clothing management device for a vehicle includes: a main body provided in the vehicle and defining a storage space configured to receive clothing, a door connected to the main body and configured to open and close the storage space, a vibration generator provided in the main body and configured to generate a vibration that is transferred to the clothing in the main body, and a power interface configured to transfer a power from the vehicle to the vibration generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Dongkyu CHOI, Namyoung KIM, Changon LEE, Yeona JO, Hongmin PARK