Patents by Inventor Jiahui Liang

Jiahui Liang 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: 20230350349
    Abstract: An electronic watch may include a housing at least partially defining an interior cavity divided into at least a first volume and a second volume, a pressure-sensing component positioned within the first volume, a speaker positioned within the first volume, a processor positioned within the second volume, a battery positioned within the second volume, and a barometric vent that allows air pressure equalization between the first volume and an external environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, Willam C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang, William S. Lee, Stephen P. Jackson, Rex T. Ehman, Colin M. Ely, Nikolas T. Vitt, Trevor J. Ness
  • Patent number: 11747689
    Abstract: A display assembly, includes: a first substrate and a second substrate that are disposed opposite, a first liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, a third substrate disposed at a side of the first substrate away from the second substrate, a second liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the third substrate, a first pixel circuit layer disposed between the first substrate and the first liquid crystal layer, a second pixel circuit layer disposed between the third substrate and the second liquid crystal layer, a polarizing device disposed on a side of the second pixel circuit layer away from the second liquid crystal layer, and a first metal wire grid polarizing layer disposed between the first substrate and the first pixel circuit layer. The first metal wire grid polarizing layer is electrically insulated from the first pixel circuit layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiahui Han, Shunhang Zhang, Pengxia Liang, Hua Huang, Guoqiang Wang, Zheng Fang, Ge Shi, Yujie Liu, Song Yang, Shiyu Zhang, Yanliu Sun, Meina Yu, Yuyao Wang
  • Patent number: 11740591
    Abstract: An electronic watch may include a housing at least partially defining an interior cavity divided into at least a first volume and a second volume, a pressure-sensing component positioned within the first volume, a speaker positioned within the first volume, a processor positioned within the second volume, a battery positioned within the second volume, and a barometric vent that allows air pressure equalization between the first volume and an external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang, William S. Lee, Stephen P. Jackson, Rex T. Ehman, Colin M. Ely, Nikolas T. Vitt, Trevor J. Ness
  • Publication number: 20230247336
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture, a membrane extending across the aperture, and a non-metallic woven support mesh disposed parallel to the flexible membrane and extending across the aperture. In at least one example, the membrane is acoustically transparent and the membrane is air permeable and water impermeable. In addition, the support mesh can be less flexible than the membrane such that the support mesh structurally supports the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Andrew L. Doyle, Yingyi Wang, Yu Song
  • Patent number: 11668986
    Abstract: An array substrate is provided. One of a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer in the array substrate includes at least one slit electrode. The slit electrode is disposed between two adjacent data leads in the array substrate, and includes an electrode connecting portion and a plurality of first strip-shaped sub-electrodes. The electrode connecting portion includes a first connecting section parallel to and adjacent to the data lead. A width of the first strip-shaped sub-electrode gradually decreases along a direction going away from the first strip-shaped sub-electrode, and a distance between two adjacent first strip-shaped sub-electrodes in a direction parallel to an extending direction of the first connecting section gradually increases along the direction going away from the first connecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheng Fang, Pengxia Liang, Ge Shi, Song Yang, Yujie Liu, Jiahui Han, Yanliu Sun, Hyunsic Choi, Hongpeng Li
  • Publication number: 20230168553
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device, including: a base substrate; gate lines each extending in a first direction on the base substrate; data lines each extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; pixel units located in regions defined by the gate lines and the data lines; each pixel unit has a first side and a second side each extending in the second direction and opposite to each other in the first direction; each pixel unit includes a first electrode including a plurality of strip-shaped electrodes, at least part of the strip-shaped electrodes each have a first part and a second part extending in different directions, first parts are connected at the first side, second parts are disconnected at the second side, and lengths of the first part and the second part are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Meina YU, Zheng FANG, Hyunsic CHOI, Pengxia LIANG, Xiaochuan CHEN, Hui ZHANG, Liwei LIU, Changfeng LI, Fuqiang LI, Yuyao WANG, Ge SHI, Jiahui HAN, Song YANG, Yujie LIU, Shiyu ZHANG, Yanliu SUN
  • Patent number: 11641724
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing component that can define an interior surface and an exterior surface of the device, a metallic film deposited on the interior surface and extending at least partially onto the exterior surface, and a ceramic film deposited on the exterior surface and at least partially over a portion of the metallic film on the exterior surface. The ceramic film can be in electrical communication with a portion of the metallic film deposited on the interior surface to form an electrical pathway from the exterior surface to the interior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Anirban Das, Jungyup Kim, Martin Melcher, Srinivasan Varadharajan, Wolf Oetting
  • Patent number: 11614716
    Abstract: Embodiments include a wearable electronic device including a housing having an internal wall separating an internal chamber from an external chamber, an outer shell defining a port that connects the external chamber to an external environment, a membrane positioned at an opening in the internal wall and configured to equalize a pressure within the internal chamber with a pressure of the external environment, a first pressure-sensing device positioned in the internal chamber and configured to produce a first output, a second pressure-sensing device positioned in the external chamber and configured to produce a second output, and a processing unit configured to estimate the pressure of the external environment using the second output in accordance with a determination an accuracy condition satisfies a criteria and estimate the pressure of the external environment using the first output in accordance with a determination the accuracy condition does not satisfy the criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Tyler S. Bushnell, Sherry Tang, Shannon Yang
  • Publication number: 20230083314
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing that defines an internal volume, an aperture defined by the housing, an electronic component disposed within the internal volume and occluding the aperture, and a mesh component disposed against the electronic component. One example of an electronic device can include a housing that defines an internal volume, a port defined by the housing, a speaker module disposed within the internal volume and oriented to move air through the port, and an acoustically transparent mesh covering the port. The mesh can include a raised portion extending at least partially through the port and a flange extending from the raised portion, the flange secured against an internal surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Andrew L. Doyle, Christopher S. Hyde, David M. Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20230013283
    Abstract: An electronic watch includes a housing and a crown assembly including a rotatable actuation member. The rotatable actuation member includes a knob external to the housing and configured to receive a rotational input and a shaft assembly coupled to the knob and positioned at least partially within the housing, the shaft assembly defining a sensing surface configured to rotate in response to the rotational input. The electronic watch further includes an optical sensing system configured to detect the rotational input, the detecting including directing light onto the sensing surface, receiving reflected light from the sensing surface, and producing a signal corresponding to a rotational motion of the sensing surface, the signal based at least in part on an interference between the light directed onto the sensing surface and the reflected light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Antonio F. Herrera, Erik G. de Jong, Jiahui Liang
  • Publication number: 20220269221
    Abstract: An electronic watch may include a housing at least partially defining an interior cavity divided into at least a first volume and a second volume, a pressure-sensing component positioned within the first volume, a speaker positioned within the first volume, a processor positioned within the second volume, a battery positioned within the second volume, and a barometric vent that allows air pressure equalization between the first volume and an external environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang, William S. Lee, Stephen P. Jackson, Rex T. Ehman, Colin M. Ely, Nikolas T. Vitt, Trevor J. Ness
  • Patent number: 11422104
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an internal volume and a pressure sensor assembly disposed in the internal volume and in communication with an ambient environment. The pressure sensor assembly can include a structure at least partially enclosing a sensor volume, a pressure sensor affixed to a die disposed in the sensor volume, and an exposed moisture detection conductor positioned in the sensor volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Caleb C. Han, Brad G. Boozer, David MacNeil, Gregory B. Arndt, Patrick E. O'Brien, Roham Solasi, Tongbi T. Jiang, Ashwin Balasubramanian, William S. Lee, Manoj K. Bhattacharyya, Jiahui Liang, James G. Horiuchi, Savas Gider
  • Patent number: 11334032
    Abstract: An electronic watch may include a housing at least partially defining an interior cavity divided into at least a first volume and a second volume, a pressure-sensing component positioned within the first volume, a speaker positioned within the first volume, a processor positioned within the second volume, a battery positioned within the second volume, and a barometric vent that allows air pressure equalization between the first volume and an external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Shannon X. Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang, William S. Lee, Stephen P. Jackson, Rex T. Ehman, Colin M. Ely, Nikolas T. Vitt, Trevor J. Ness
  • Publication number: 20220151094
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing component that can define an interior surface and an exterior surface of the device, a metallic film deposited on the interior surface and extending at least partially onto the exterior surface, and a ceramic film deposited on the exterior surface and at least partially over a portion of the metallic film on the exterior surface. The ceramic film can be in electrical communication with a portion of the metallic film deposited on the interior surface to form an electrical pathway from the exterior surface to the interior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Anirban Das, Jungyup Kim, Martin Melcher, Srinivasan Varadharajan, Wolf Oetting
  • Publication number: 20220095055
    Abstract: A portable electronic device can include a housing at least partially defining an internal volume. The device can include a venting module including a membrane, a porous member, and a support structure. The membrane and porous member can define a fluid path extending a width of the porous member and placing the internal volume in fluid communication with an ambient environment adjacent the housing. The support structure can be coupled to the porous member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Kahn C. Wu, Stephen L. Frey
  • Publication number: 20220095024
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing, an audio component, and a gasket. The housing can define a first internal volume and the audio component can define a second internal volume. The audio component can include membrane and a venting element having a fluid impermeable layer. The venting element can define a fluid path placing the first internal volume and the second internal volume in fluid communication. At least a portion of the fluid path can extend parallel to the fluid impermeable layer. The gasket can define a seal between the first internal volume and an ambient environment adjacent the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Andrew L. Doyle, Nikolas T. Vitt, Yingyi Wang, David W. Robison
  • Patent number: 11272631
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing component that can define an interior surface and an exterior surface of the device, a metallic film deposited on the interior surface and extending at least partially onto the exterior surface, and a ceramic film deposited on the exterior surface and at least partially over a portion of the metallic film on the exterior surface. The ceramic film can be in electrical communication with a portion of the metallic film deposited on the interior surface to form an electrical pathway from the exterior surface to the interior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Anirban Das, Jungyup Kim, Martin Melcher, Srinivasan Varadharajan, Wolf Oetting
  • Publication number: 20210120344
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer has an acoustic diaphragm and a voice-coil. The diaphragm defines a first major surface. A flange extends from the diaphragm in a direction opposite the first major surface. The voice-coil has a first plurality of windings positioned adjacent to the acoustic diaphragm and a second plurality of windings positioned distally from the acoustic diaphragm. The flange overlaps the first plurality of windings. The flange and the windings can be adhesively bonded with each other to form a lap joint. The lap joint can transfer force from the voice-coil to the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher WILK, Jiahui LIANG, Rebecca J. MIKOLAJCZYK
  • Publication number: 20210088981
    Abstract: Embodiments include a wearable electronic device including a housing having an internal wall separating an internal chamber from an external chamber, an outer shell defining a port that connects the external chamber to an external environment, a membrane positioned at an opening in the internal wall and configured to equalize a pressure within the internal chamber with a pressure of the external environment, a first pressure-sensing device positioned in the internal chamber and configured to produce a first output, a second pressure-sensing device positioned in the external chamber and configured to produce a second output, and a processing unit configured to estimate the pressure of the external environment using the second output in accordance with a determination an accuracy condition satisfies a criteria and estimate the pressure of the external environment using the first output in accordance with a determination the accuracy condition does not satisfy the criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Tyler S. Bushnell, Sherry Tang, Shannon Yang
  • Patent number: D961292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Jiahui Liang