Patents by Inventor James Wang

James Wang 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling an electrical device and a wireless charging device
    Patent number: 9151623
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling an electrical device and a wireless charging device, each comprising one or more modules. An interrupt signal is received. A type of the interrupt signal is determined. A first module is activated based on the type of the interrupt signal to perform one or more functions. The electrical device and the wireless charging device share at least the first module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: O2MICRO INC.
    Inventors: James Wang, Mei Yu, Weihua Zhang, Jinghua Zou, Jun Wang, Ke Gao, Mao Liu
  • Personalized platform for accessing internet applications
    Patent number: 9128800
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for providing a personalized platform for accessing internet applications. According to one embodiment of the invention, a social network provider receives a request for installation of an application from a user of the social network, installs the application at multiple points in the user's social network environment, and personalizes interfaces with the application at these integration points based on information about the user available from the social network. The present invention enables applications to be integrated in the social network environment at multiple integration points and to be personalized for and configured by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam D'Angelo, Dave Fetterman, Charlie Cheever, Ari Steinberg, Eric Zamore, James Wang, Julie Zhuo, Dave Morin, Mark Slee, Ruchi Sanghvi
  • Computer numerical storage format with precision type indicator
    Patent number: 9128697
    Abstract: Various techniques for storing computer numbers such as floating-point numbers. In one embodiment, a data processing unit is configured to represent floating-point numbers using a first precision with a first number of bits and a second precision with a second number of bits, where the second number of bits is greater than the first number of bits. A floating-point type value may be set upon a memory store to indicate whether a first representation of a floating-point number uses the first or the second number of bits. A second representation of the floating-point number and the floating-point type value may be stored accordingly. In some embodiments, the second representation may correspond to the first representation with one or more bits shifted. This format may lead to memory power savings when reading from a memory location of the second precision when the result is indicated as the first precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Terence M. Potter, James Wang
  • 5-wire resistive touch screen pressure measurement circuit and method
    Patent number: 9116590
    Abstract: A 5-wire touch screen system includes a touch screen (10) including a wiper (11) and a resistive layer (16) aligned with the wiper and first (UL), second (UR), third (LR), and fourth (LL) resistive layer contacts, wherein a touch on the screen presses a small portion of the wiper against the resistive layer, producing a touch resistance (RZ) between them at a touch point on the resistive layer. The wiper and various contacts are selectively coupled to first (VDD) and second (GND) reference voltages, respectively, to generate an analog touch voltage (VZ) at the touch point. The wiper and various contacts are selectively coupled to an analog input (56) and a reference voltage input of an ADC (48) for converting the touch voltage (VZ) to a digital representation. Analog voltages (VX) and (VY) at the touch point are converted to corresponding digital representations by the ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Wendy X. Fang, Ing-Yih James Wang
  • Electronic systems for locating objects
    Patent number: 9116005
    Abstract: A database for a set of orientation-matched road (OMR) sections is searched according to a calculated orientation of an object and orientations of road sections stored in the database. The OMR sections are searched for a position-matched road (PMR) set according to a calculated position of the object and positions of the OMR sections. The PMR set includes one or more PMR sections. The object is located using the PMR set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Maishi Electronic (Shanghai) Ltd
    Inventors: Shenghong Lu, James Wang, Jun Chen
  • Device, system and method for bi-phase modulation decoding
    Patent number: 9112763
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a device, system and method for bi-phase modulation decoding. The bi-phase modulation decoding device includes a sliding-window module and a determination module. The sliding-window module is configured to receive a baseband signal corresponding to a bi-phase modulated signal, and generate a filtered data packet by filtering the baseband signal using sliding-window digital filtering, wherein the filtered data packet comprises a series of sliding-window output values. The determination module configured to determine a bitstream corresponding to the bi-phase modulated signal based on the filtered data packet. The determination module determines a bit value of a first bit cycle of the bi-phase modulated signal based on a sign of a sliding-window output value of the first bit cycle and a sign of a sliding-window output value of a next bit cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: O2MICRO INC.
    Inventors: Xiaogang Tan, Ke Gao, Fan Dou, Xinsheng Peng, James Wang
  • Personal cloud case cover with a plurality of modular capabilities
    Patent number: 9086847
    Abstract: A personal cloud contained in a case for a portable computing device such as a tablet personal computer (PC), mobile phones, portable media players, or the like. The personal cloud case may be fitted with memory, a network connection, two-way wireless charging, external memory slots, external connections and other components for portable personal cloud computing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Micro Mobio Corporation
    Inventors: Zlatko Aurelio Filipovic, Weiping Wang, Adam James Wang
  • SWING CHAMBER PUMP (SCP)
    Publication number: 20150198017
    Abstract: A swing chamber pump can be situated within a horizontal wellbore for pumping wellbore fluids to surface using a power gas. The pump has two fluidly independent and separate pump chambers, each having a self-orienting gas valve and a self-orienting fluid outlet. A switch alternately directs the power gas into a chamber for conveying stored fluid therein to a production string, while the other chamber passively fills with wellbore fluids. A latency device converts a continuous motion into a sudden snap actuation of the switch and controls a period of delay between the actuation of the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: Jianshe (James) Wang
  • Somatic stem cells
    Patent number: 9072719
    Abstract: A method of treating brain tissue damage or a neurodegenerative disease in a subject by obtaining from a subject a bodily fluid sample containing a plurality of cells, incubating the sample with EDTA or heparin in a container until the sample is separated into an upper layer and a lower layer, collecting the upper layer, isolating from the upper layer a population of somatic stem cells that are 0.3-6.0 micrometers in size, and administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of the somatic stem cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: StemBios Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James Wang
  • TRACKING OF MOVING TARGETS
    Publication number: 20150182761
    Abstract: Treatment targets such as tumors or lesions, located within an anatomical region that undergoes motion (which may be periodic with cycle P) are tracked. A 4D mathematical model may be established for the non-rigid motion and deformation of the anatomical region, from a set of CT or other 3D images. The 4D mathematical model relates the 3D locations of part(s) of the anatomical region with the targets being tracked, as a function of the position in time within P. Using non-rigid image registration between pre-operative and intra-operative images, the position of the target and/or other part(s) of the anatomical region may be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Euan S. Thomson, John Dooley, Gopinath Kuduvalli, James Wang, Eric Earnst, Chris Raanes
  • Electric Power Steering Assembly
    Publication number: 20150183455
    Abstract: A rack drive assembly adapted for use in a vehicle electric power steering assembly includes a ball nut assembly operatively connected to a screw portion of a rack portion of a steering member of the power steering assembly for effecting axial movement of the steering member upon rotation of a vehicle steering wheel. According to one embodiment, the ball nut assembly includes a first bearing assembly disposed in the rack housing and carried by a ball nut, the first bearing assembly disposed on a first end of the ball nut adjacent a first side of the pulley; and a second bearing assembly disposed in the rack housing and carried by the ball nut, the second bearing assembly disposed on an opposite second end of the ball nut adjacent a second side of the pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC
    Inventor: James Wang
  • METHOD AND A RECEIVER FOR SATELLITE POSITIONING
    Publication number: 20150168557
    Abstract: A method and a receiver for satellite positioning are disclosed. The method comprises determining first quality of a first signal associated with a Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) and second quality of a second signal associated with one or more other navigation systems. The method also comprises calculating a position of the receiver by combining a first estimated position from the SBAS and a second estimated position from the one or more other navigation systems in a manner determined based on the first quality and the second quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: O2Micro, Inc.
    Inventors: Jinghua ZOU, Juan GOU, Jun CHEN, James WANG
  • Combined Transparent/Non-Transparent Cache
    Publication number: 20150149734
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a memory that is delineated into transparent and non-transparent portions. The transparent portion may be controlled by a control unit coupled to the memory, along with a corresponding tag memory. The non-transparent portion may be software controlled by directly accessing the non-transparent portion via an input address. In an embodiment, the memory may include a decoder configured to decode the address and select a location in either the transparent or non-transparent portion. Each request may include a non-transparent attribute identifying the request as either transparent or non-transparent. In an embodiment, the size of the transparent portion may be programmable. Based on the non-transparent attribute indicating transparent, the decoder may selectively mask bits of the address based on the size to ensure that the decoder only selects a location in the transparent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: James Wang, Zongjian Chen, James B. Keller, Timothy J. Millet
  • System cache with quota-based control
    Patent number: 9043570
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for implementing a system cache with quota-based control. Quotas may be assigned on a group ID basis to each group ID that is assigned to use the system cache. The quota does not reserve space in the system cache, but rather the quota may be used within any way within the system cache. The quota may prevent a given group ID from consuming more than a desired amount of the system cache. Once a group ID's quota has been reached, no additional allocation will be permitted for that group ID. The total amount of allocated quota for all group IDs can exceed the size of system cache, such that the system cache can be oversubscribed. The sticky state can be used to prioritize data retention within the system cache when oversubscription is being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sukalpa Biswas, Shinye Shiu, James Wang
  • Structures for LED Light Bulbs
    Publication number: 20150138786
    Abstract: A lighting structure for holding light-emitting-diodes (“LEDs”) of an LED light bulb, wherein said lighting structure is in a grid form with a plurality of openings therein and having one or more locations for interconnecting LED lighting components disposed on said lighting structure, wherein the grid having a number of pre-selected intersections forming the grid, and wherein a number of pre-selected intersections is in proportion with the amount of desired ventilation and the number of LEDs generating the pre-determined amount of light. The lighting structure can be made from printed-circuit-board material and the openings of the grid can be in one of the following shapes: square, rectangular, circular, and oval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: James Wang, Kei May Lau, Parco Wong, Wei Xiong Liao, Terence Cho, Zhaojun Liu, Eddie Chong
  • Convertiplane
    Patent number: 8991741
    Abstract: There is described a convertiplane comprising: a pair of semi-wings; at least two rotors which may rotate about relative first axes and tilt about relative second axes together with first axis with respect to semi-wings between a helicopter mode and an aeroplane mode; first axis being, in use, transversal to a longitudinal direction of convertiplane in helicopter mode, and being, in use, substantially parallel to longitudinal direction in aeroplane mode; convertiplane further comprises at least two through openings within which said rotor may tilt, when said convertiplane moves, in use, between said helicopter and said aeroplane mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Agustawestland S.p.A.
    Inventor: James Wang
  • Somatic stem cells
    Patent number: 8986679
    Abstract: A method of treating a cellular proliferative disorder in a subject by obtaining from a subject a bodily fluid sample containing a plurality of cells, incubating the sample with EDTA or heparin in a container until the sample is separated into an upper layer and a lower layer, collecting the upper layer, isolating from the upper layer a population of somatic stem cells that are 0.3-6.0 micrometers in size, differentiating the somatic stem cells to dendritic cells in a medium containing GCSF, SCF, EGF, PDGF, bFGF, and IL-3, purifying the dendritic cells, contacting the dendritic cells thus purified with a cancer antigen, and administrating an effective amount of the dendritic cells presenting the cancer antigen to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Stembios Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James Wang
  • Tissue cell block for cancer detection
    Patent number: D734483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Alamak Biosciences Incorporation Company Limited
    Inventors: Pokman Chan, James Wang, Hok-Yu Chan
  • Tissue cell block
    Patent number: D739549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Alamak Biosciences Incorporation Company Limited
    Inventors: Pokman Chan, James Wang, Hok-Yu Chan
  • Tilt-rotor
    Patent number: D740201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: AGUSTAWESTLAND S.P.A.
    Inventor: James Wang