Patents by Inventor Hu Wei

Hu Wei 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: 12217030
    Abstract: Methods for generating automations via natural language processing are performed by computing systems. Natural language input is received from a user interface, and an automation workflow is generated based on the natural language input. The automation workflow includes steps to build an automation. One or more of the steps is provided to the user interface, and a first field and a second field that each correspond to the one or more steps are populated in the user interface. The first field is populated with a parameter value based on the natural language input, and the second field is populated based on the parameter value. The automation is then enabled to be built and deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: José Luis Fernández Gorroño, Lan Li, Cédric Thierry Michel Bignon, Nicolas Chao Wei Ding, Cédric Bernard Jean Golmard, Anand Mourouguessin, Jaime Enrique Reyes Salazar, Shuktika Jain, Dimitrios Leventis, Yu Hu, Haoran Wei
  • Publication number: 20250038744
    Abstract: A device including a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. The first circuit to receive a first signal and a second signal, and the first circuit to provide a third signal. The second circuit to receive a fourth signal and a fifth signal, and the second circuit to provide a sixth signal. The third circuit to receive the third signal and the sixth signal, and the third circuit to provide a seventh signal to indicate whether to track a difference between an amount of voltage provide to a driver and an amount of voltage provided by the driver or track a difference between an amount of voltage provided by a source and the amount of voltage provided to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Feng Su, Yue HU, Tom W. Kwan, Guo Wen Wei, Fang Lin, Iuri Mehr
  • Publication number: 20250038710
    Abstract: A device including a first circuit, a second circuit. The first circuit to receive a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal, and the first circuit to provide a fourth signal and a fifth signal. The second circuit to receive the fourth signal and the fifth signal, and the second circuit to control a first set of components to maintain a difference between a first amount of power provided to a first terminal of a driver and a second amount of power provided to a second terminal of the driver or to control a second set of components to maintain the difference between the first amount of power provided to the first terminal of the driver and the second amount of power provided to the second terminal of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Feng Su, Tom W. Kwan, Iuri Mehr, Fang Lin, Guo Wen Wei, Kevin Yuhang Li, Yue HU
  • Publication number: 20240395571
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a package device is provided. The apparatus includes a package device loader; a package device unloader; a first cleaning area disposed between the package device loader and the package device unloader; and a conveyor. The conveyor includes a frame extending from the package device loader to the package device unloader and through the first cleaning area; and a belt wrapping the frame, wherein the belt includes a movable upper surface between the package device loader and the package device unloader, wherein the movable upper surface is configured to move relative to and over the frame, and a first distance between the movable upper surface and the frame in the first cleaning area increases in a direction from the package device loader to the package device unloader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ying-Hao Wang, Chien-Lung Chen, Chien-Chi Tzeng, Meng-Fu Shih, Hu-Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20240019031
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a flow regulating push switch conjoined valve, comprising a valve housing, a flow regulation assembly and a push switch assembly. The valve housing has a first chamber and a second chamber which are isolated from each other, a communication channel is disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber, and a first connection pipe and a second connection pipe are devised on the valve housing. The first connection pipe has a first channel which is in communication with the first chamber and the second connection pipe has a second channel which is in communication with the second chamber. The flow regulation assembly is installed in the first chamber for regulating a flow rate of a fluid between the first channel and the communication channel. The push switch assembly is installed in the second chamber for controlling connection and disconnection of a flow path between the second channel and the communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Hu Wei
  • Publication number: 20230386875
    Abstract: An under boat support (UBS) includes an electrostatic discharge (ESD) safe ceramic body and a conductive body. The ESD safe ceramic body is coupled to a surface of the conductive body by an adhesive, which may be resistant to high temperatures. A plurality of springs are present within the adhesive and extend from the surface of the conductive body to a surface of the ESD safe ceramic body. For example, first ends of the plurality of springs are electrically coupled to the surface of the conductive body, and second ends of the plurality of springs, which are opposite to corresponding ones of the first ends of the plurality of springs, are electrically coupled to the surface of the ESD safe ceramic body. The plurality of springs form electrical pathways such that the ESD safe ceramic body is electrically coupled to the conductive body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ying-Hao WANG, Chien-Lung CHEN, Wei-Hao CHEN, Chien-Chi TZENG, Hu-Wei LIN
  • Publication number: 20230377910
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a package device is provided. The apparatus includes a package device loader; a package device unloader; a first cleaning area disposed between the package device loader and the package device unloader; and a conveyor. The conveyor includes a frame extending from the package device loader to the package device unloader and through the first cleaning area; and a belt wrapping the frame, wherein the belt includes a movable upper surface between the package device loader and the package device unloader, wherein the movable upper surface is configured to move relative to and over the frame, and a first distance between the movable upper surface and the frame in the first cleaning area increases in a direction from the package device loader to the package device unloader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ying-Hao Wang, Chien-Lung Chen, Chien-Chi Tzeng, Meng-Fu Shih, Hu-Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20230351577
    Abstract: A method includes forming a package component, the package component comprising an integrated circuit die, attaching the package component to a package substrate; placing a heat spreader over the package component and the package substrate to form an integrated circuit package, wherein a height of the integrated circuit package is in a range from 2.5 mm to 6 mm, and performing a first automatic optical inspection (AOI) process on the integrated circuit package using an AOI apparatus to determine if the orientation and alignment of the heat spreader with regards to the package substrate is within specification, wherein the AOI apparatus comprises a lens that has a maximum depth of field that is greater than the height of the integrated circuit package, and wherein during the first AOI process the depth of field encompasses an entirety of the height of the integrated circuit package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: I-Hsuan Chen, Ying-Hao Wang, Chien-Lung Chen, Chien-Chi Tzeng, Hu-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 11562968
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a lithographic substrate marking tool. The tool includes a first electromagnetic radiation source disposed within a housing and configured to generate a first type of electromagnetic radiation. A radiation guide is configured to provide the first type of electromagnetic radiation to a photosensitive material over a substrate. A second electromagnetic radiation source is disposed within the housing and is configured to generate a second type of electromagnetic radiation that is provided to the photosensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hu-Wei Lin, Chih-Hsien Hsu, Yu-Wei Chiu, Hai-Yin Chen, Ying-Hao Wang, Yu-Hen Wu
  • Patent number: 10489471
    Abstract: Disclosed is a recommendation method and device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventors: Junwu Xiong, Zhongyi Liu, Hu Wei
  • Patent number: 10460373
    Abstract: Disclosed is a recommendation method and apparatus. The recommendation method comprises: identifying at least one core user of a network service provider and a set of users who have demonstrated one or more network-related behaviors with respect to a first predetermined association item; sampling the set of users to identify a set of sample users; calculating a similarity between the sample users to identify a list of similar users; and sending a recommendation of potential users to a network service provider, the recommendation of potential users based on the list of similar users and the at least one core user of a network service provider. Potential users may be efficiently recommended to a network service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventors: Chao Yang, Na Ni, Zhongyi Liu, Hu Wei
  • Publication number: 20190259710
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a lithographic substrate marking tool. The tool includes a first electromagnetic radiation source disposed within a housing and configured to generate a first type of electromagnetic radiation. A radiation guide is configured to provide the first type of electromagnetic radiation to a photosensitive material over a substrate. A second electromagnetic radiation source is disposed within the housing and is configured to generate a second type of electromagnetic radiation that is provided to the photosensitive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Hu-Wei Lin, Chih-Hsien Hsu, Yu-Wei Chiu, Hai-Yin Chen, Ying-Hao Wang, Yu-Hen Wu
  • Patent number: 10283457
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a method of forming substrate identification marks. In some embodiments, the method may be performed by forming a photosensitive material over a substrate. A first type of electromagnetic radiation is selectively provided to the photosensitive material to expose a plurality of substrate identification marks within the photosensitive material, and a second type of electromagnetic radiation is selectively provided to the photosensitive material to expose one or more alignment marks within the photosensitive material. Exposed portions of the photosensitive material are removed to form a patterned photosensitive material. The substrate is etched according to the patterned photosensitive material to form recesses within the substrate that are defined by the plurality of substrate identification marks and the one or more alignment marks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hu-Wei Lin, Chih-Hsien Hsu, Yu-Wei Chiu, Hai-Yin Chen, Ying-Hao Wang, Yu-Hen Wu
  • Patent number: 10283456
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates a lithographic substrate marking tool. The lithographic substrate marking tool has a first lithographic exposure tool arranged within a shared housing and configured to generate a first type of electromagnetic radiation during a plurality of exposures. A mobile reticle has a plurality of different reticle fields respectively configured to block a portion of the first type of electromagnetic radiation to expose a substrate identification mark within a photosensitive material overlying a semiconductor substrate. A transversal element is configured to move the mobile reticle so that separate ones of the plurality of reticle fields are exposed onto the photosensitive material during separate ones of the plurality of exposures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hu-Wei Lin, Chih-Hsien Hsu, Yu-Wei Chiu, Hai-Yin Chen, Ying-Hao Wang, Yu-Hen Wu
  • Publication number: 20180366415
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a method of forming substrate identification marks. In some embodiments, the method may be performed by forming a photosensitive material over a substrate. A first type of electromagnetic radiation is selectively provided to the photosensitive material to expose a plurality of substrate identification marks within the photosensitive material, and a second type of electromagnetic radiation is selectively provided to the photosensitive material to expose one or more alignment marks within the photosensitive material. Exposed portions of the photosensitive material are removed to form a patterned photosensitive material. The substrate is etched according to the patterned photosensitive material to form recesses within the substrate that are defined by the plurality of substrate identification marks and the one or more alignment marks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Hu-Wei Lin, Chih-Hsien Hsu, Yu-Wei Chiu, Hai-Yin Chen, Ying-Hao Wang, Yu-Hen Wu
  • Patent number: 9819900
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for de-interlacing a television signal are provided. The method includes: determining whether a pixel to be interpolated is in a strictly static mode; if it is in the strictly static mode, obtaining a pixel value of a first pixel in a previous field which corresponds to the pixel to be interpolated, and setting a pixel value of the pixel to be interpolated to be equal to the pixel value of the first pixel; if it is not in the strictly static mode, determining gradient bands along a plurality of directions by taking the pixel to be interpolated as a center, determining a direction of the pixel to be interpolated based on the gradient bands, and setting the pixel value of the pixel to be interpolated by interpolation based on the direction. Accuracy of the pixel value of the pixel to be interpolated may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Zhou, Hu Wei, Xiaowei Luo, Sen Wang, Minjie Chen, Jun Zhu, Duan Xue, Fuhuei Lin
  • Patent number: 9720325
    Abstract: A method includes rotating a wafer at a first speed for a first time duration. The wafer is rotated at a second speed that is lower than the first speed for a second time duration after the first time duration. The wafer is rotated at a third speed that is higher than the second speed for a third time duration after the second time duration. A photoresist is dispensed on the wafer during the first time duration and at least a portion of a time interval that includes the second time duration and the third time duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Hsu, Hong-Hsing Chou, Hu-Wei Lin, Chi-Jen Hsieh, Jr-Wei Ye, Yuan-Ting Huang, Ching-Hsing Chiang, Hua-Kuang Teng, Yen-Chen Lin, Carolina Poe, Tsung-Cheng Huang, Chia-Hung Chu
  • Publication number: 20170195621
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for de-interlacing a television signal are provided. The method includes: determining whether a pixel to be interpolated is in a strictly static mode; if it is in the strictly static mode, obtaining a pixel value of a first pixel in a previous field which corresponds to the pixel to be interpolated, and setting a pixel value of the pixel to be interpolated to be equal to the pixel value of the first pixel; if it is not in the strictly static mode, determining gradient bands along a plurality of directions by taking the pixel to be interpolated as a center, determining a direction of the pixel to be interpolated based on the gradient bands, and setting the pixel value of the pixel to be interpolated by interpolation based on the direction. Accuracy of the pixel value of the pixel to be interpolated may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Hong ZHOU, Hu WEI, Xiaowei LUO, Sen WANG, Minjie CHEN, Jun ZHU, Duan XUE, Fuhuei LIN
  • Publication number: 20170140454
    Abstract: Disclosed is a recommendation method and apparatus. The recommendation method comprises: identifying at least one core user of a network service provider and a set of users who have demonstrated one or more network-related behaviors with respect to a first predetermined association item; sampling the set of users to identify a set of sample users; calculating a similarity between the sample users to identify a list of similar users; and sending a recommendation of potential users to a network service provider, the recommendation of potential users based on the list of similar users and the at least one core user of a network service provider. Potential users may be efficiently recommended to a network service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Chao YANG, Na NI, Zhongyi LIU, Hu WEI
  • Publication number: 20170117227
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates a lithographic substrate marking tool. The lithographic substrate marking tool has a first lithographic exposure tool arranged within a shared housing and configured to generate a first type of electromagnetic radiation during a plurality of exposures. A mobile reticle has a plurality of different reticle fields respectively configured to block a portion of the first type of electromagnetic radiation to expose a substrate identification mark within a photosensitive material overlying a semiconductor substrate. A transversal element is configured to move the mobile reticle so that separate ones of the plurality of reticle fields are exposed onto the photosensitive material during separate ones of the plurality of exposures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hu-Wei Lin, Chih-Hsien Hsu, Yu-Wei Chiu, Hai-Yin Chen, Ying-Hao Wang, Yu-Hen Wu