Patents by Inventor Kai An

Kai An 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: 20180062805
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, computer readable media for setting spatial reuse field for uplink trigger-based PPDU are disclosed. An apparatus of a wireless device can include processing circuitry configured to decode a high efficiency (HE) physical-layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising a high-throughput (HT) control field in a media access control (MAC) portion of the HE PPDU. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine whether the HT control field of the HE PPDU contains uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) response scheduling information soliciting a response. in response to determining the HT control field contains the UL MU response scheduling information, the processing circuitry can encode, for transmission, the response PPDU to include a spatial reuse (SR) field set to a default entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Po-Kai Huang, Laurent Cariou, Robert J. Stacey
  • Publication number: 20180062142
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium-sulfur battery separator. The lithium-sulfur battery separator comprises a separator substrate and a functional layer covered on the separator substrate. The functional layer comprises at least two carbon nanotube layers and at least two graphene oxide composite layers. Each of the at least two graphene oxide composite layers comprises a plurality of graphene oxide sheets and a plurality of manganese dioxide nanoparticles, and the plurality of manganese dioxide nanoparticles are adsorbed on the plurality of graphene oxide sheets and embedded in an interlayer formed by the carbon nanotube layer and the plurality of graphene oxide sheets. The present disclosure also relates to a lithium-sulfur battery comprising the lithium-sulfur battery separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: WEI-BANG KONG, JIA-PING WANG, KAI-LI JIANG, SHOU-SHAN FAN
  • Publication number: 20180063872
    Abstract: Missed voice stream portions are replayed at a late entry subscriber device (SD) in a wireless radio network. The SD joins a voice call on a radio channel via a base station and detects that it is late to the call. The SD continues to receive a remaining portion of the call and plays back the portion of the call. The SD detects an end of the voice call, and (i) transmits a request message including an indication of a first duration of the portion of the call received or (ii) detects a similar message from another SD. The SD then receives an indication of a total duration of the voice call and calculates a third duration as a function of the total duration and the first duration. The SD receives and plays back the missed portion of the call for the third duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: YONG TIAN, LI-YA MI, ZHONG WEI, KANG-KAI ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20180060919
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an intelligent dresser and a corresponding cloud expert device. The intelligent dresser introduces the cloud expert device on the basis of a conventional dresser to implement a customized recommendation of cosmetic product. The embodiment of the present disclosure meets the requirement of user's personalized and specialized requirements on cosmetic product caring to get a more targeted and effective skin care and dressing. Meanwhile, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a virtual dresser based on a mobile terminal, and has a good application prospect and valuable market.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yu Gu, Junmin Sun, Zhongcheng Gui, Hongli Ding, Kai Zhao, Yifei Zhang, Ying Zhang
  • Patent number: 9904139
    Abstract: A color filter substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The color filter substrate includes a base substrate, the base substrate being divided into a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit including a plurality of sub-pixel units, a color filter being arranged in each sub-pixel unit. At least one color filter of the plurality of sub-pixel units in each of the pixel units is made of an electrochromic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Huang, Kai Xu, Yue Hu, Xinwei Gao, Lifang Song
  • Patent number: 9903500
    Abstract: A self-holding electromagnetic valve includes: a solenoid having a tubular guide part having the same center as a central axis extending in an axial direction; a axially movable element located radially inside the guide part; a cover housing the solenoid and the movable element, having a hole portion, and made of a magnetic material; a pin located at the hole portion and movable along with movement of the movable element; and a valve section provided outside the cover and opened/closed along with movement of the movable element and the pin. The solenoid has a cylindrical part with an inner circumferential surface that receives the guide part, tooth parts that extend radially outward from the cylindrical part and are made of a magnetic material, bobbin parts provided each tooth part, and coils wound around the bobbin parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Fujita, Hiroaki Ue, Fumio Kai, Tomohiro Yasuda
  • Patent number: 9902564
    Abstract: A roller assembly for transporting a substrate includes a step roller, a first transport roller, and a second transport roller. The step roller includes a main roller, an air cylinder, and a pair of edge rollers. The air cylinder is sleeved on the main roller, and includes a plurality of air jetting holes and a plurality of air suction holes. The edge rollers are disposed on the main roller and are located on opposite ends of the air cylinder. The first transport roller and the second transport roller are disposed on opposite sides of the step roller, wherein the substrate is transported from the first transport roller to the second transport roller through the step roller. A method using the same is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, ATMA CHAMP ENT. CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsin Huang, Chao-Feng Sung, Yu-Lin Hsu, Hsin-Yun Hsu, I-Chung Kao, Kuo-Jung Sun, Shou-Cheng Shen, Kai Chang
  • Patent number: 9907205
    Abstract: A heat dissipation system at lease has a first fan module including a first fan and a first fan driving circuit. The first fan driving circuit generates a fan driving signal to drive the first fan. When a control module transmits a stopping signal to the first fan module, the first fan driving circuit decreases a duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan according to the stopping signal. When the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan is less than or equal to a first predetermined duty cycle, within a first working time, the first fan driving circuit decreases the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan to zero by subtracting one predetermined duty interval from the duty cycle of the fan driving signal driving the first fan every predetermined working time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kun-Min Chen, Chien-Sheng Wang, Yin-Kai Chen, Ching-Feng Lai
  • Patent number: 9904922
    Abstract: A computing system includes at least one processor and at least one module operable by the at least one processor to calculate a tail of a first dataset by determining elements of the first dataset that fall outside of a specified percentile, and determine locations of the first dataset at which elements of the first dataset that fall outside of the specified percentile are located. The at least one module may be operable to calculate a tail of a second dataset by populating a data structure with elements of the second dataset that correspond to the locations of the first dataset, and determining, using the data structure, elements of the second dataset that fall outside of the specified percentile. The at least one module may be operable to output an indication of at least one of the tail of the first dataset or the tail of the second dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Blainey, Barnaby Dalton, Louis Ly, James A Sedgwick, Lior Velichover, Kai-Ting A. Wang
  • Patent number: 9905873
    Abstract: The invention provides a permeable metal substrate and its manufacturing method. The permeable metal substrate includes a substrate body and a permeable powder layer. The permeable powder layer is located on the top of the substrate body. The substrate body can be a thick substrate or formed of a thick substrate and a thin substrate that are welded together. Both the thick and thin substrates have a plurality of permeable straight gas channels. In addition, a metal-supported solid oxide fuel cell and its manufacturing method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN, R.O.C.
    Inventors: Chang-Sing Hwang, Chun-Huang Tsai, Chun-Liang Chang, Zong-Yang Chuang Shie, Sheng-Fu Yang, Te-Jung Huang, Ming-Hsiu Wu, Jing-Kai Lin
  • Patent number: 9905895
    Abstract: A pulse mode apparatus comprises a mismatched battery electrically connected to a pulse mode device having a pulse duty cycle with a power-on time period and a power-off time period. The mismatched battery comprises a first battery cell having a first internal resistance and first charge capacity, and a second battery cell having a second internal resistance and second charge capacity, and the battery comprises at least one of the following: (1) the second internal resistance is less than the first internal resistance, and (2) the second charge capacity is less than the first charge capacity. The battery also has a pair of electrical connectors electrically coupling the first and second battery cells in parallel, a pair of terminals connected to the first or second battery cells, and a casing around the first and second battery cells with the terminals extending out of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Front Edge Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tung-Hsiu Shih, Kai Wei Nieh, Victor Krasnov
  • Patent number: 9905687
    Abstract: Laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) device is disclosed. The device is surrounded by an isolation ring and a buried layer of a first doping type, that is of the same type as its source and drain regions of the same doping type. A control gate of the device includes step gate dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronghua Zhu, Xin Lin, Jiang-Kai Zuo
  • Patent number: 9904361
    Abstract: A facial expression operation method includes capturing images using a camera device of an electronic device. A face area of the user exists in the images is determined by comparing the images with face image samples stored in a storage device. Feature values of the face area are calculated when the face area exists in the images. A facial expression is determined by comparing the feature values of the face area and the feature values of the face image samples. The electronic device is operated automatically to perform a corresponding function according to the facial expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ting-Kai Liu
  • Patent number: 9906715
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first camera module photographing according to a first frame rate, a second camera module photographing according to a second frame rate and a multimedia processor coupled to the first camera module and the second camera module. The multimedia processor instructs the first camera module and the second camera module to alternately photograph to obtain a sequence of pictures recorded at a third frame rate. The third frame rate is higher than the first frame rate and the second frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kai-Ming Yang
  • Patent number: 9902881
    Abstract: A photosensitive adhesive is polymerized by a cinnamate monomer and a monomer A. By irradiating under different light waves, triggering reversible cyclization causes the adhesion force of the adhesive to change. The adhesion force change is repeatable. Therefore, the efficiency of the manufacture process would increase, and the cost of material would be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Plastics Industry Development Center
    Inventors: Kai-Chieh Chang, Chen-Yu Li, Wei Lin, Yao-Kuei Hsiao
  • Patent number: 9902408
    Abstract: A vertical spring support device for a coupler, comprises a support platform, a bracket, a support rod, a support spring, a wear sleeve and a locknut; the support spring is sheathed on the support rod, and an upper end of the support spring is resisted against a lower surface of the support platform while a lower end of the support spring is resisted against an upper end face of the bracket; an upper end of the support rod is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the support platform, while a bottom end of the support rod passes through the bracket and is then in threaded connection to the locknut via the wear sleeve; the support platform comprises a vertical support platform plate and a horizontal support platform plate, and a lower surface of the horizontal support platform plate is fixedly connected to the upper end of the support rod; and, the vertical support platform plate is vertically fixed on one side of the horizontal support platform plate close to the buffer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: QINGDAO SRI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Chen, Hui Liu, Hai Zhao
  • Patent number: 9905023
    Abstract: A depth image processing method and a depth image processing system are provided. The depth image processing method includes: capturing a first image and a second image; performing a feature comparison to acquire a plurality of feature pairs between the first image and the second image, wherein each of the feature pairs includes a feature in the first image and a corresponding feature in the second image; computing disparities of the feature pairs; computing a depth image through the first image and the second image when the disparities of the feature pairs are all smaller than a disparity threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng-Shien Hsieh, Kai-Chung Cheng, Yu-Wen Huang, Tzu-Yao Lin, Pin-Hong Liou
  • Patent number: 9907121
    Abstract: A wire conductor for receiving alternating current and generating a magnetic field in response thereto. The wire conductor comprises a plurality of wire conductors in a parallel configured circuit extending between a first side of the wire conductor towards a second side of the wire conductor. A first layer of the plurality of wire conductors running in parallel from a first edge of the wire conductor to a second edge of the wire conductor. A second layer of parallel wire conductors residing above the first layer of the plurality of wire conductors, the second layer of parallel wire conductors running in parallel from the first edge of the wire conductor to the second edge of the wire conductor. The first layer of parallel wire conductors make a 180 degree turn along the first edge of the wire conductor. The first layer of parallel wire conductors make the 180 degree turn along the first edge of the wire conductor by first turning 90 degrees towards the second side of the parallel wire conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert James Miller, Christopher John Hottes, Marc Rollo Matsen, James M. Kestner, Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, Leah Gillian Glauber
  • Patent number: 9905913
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a metal housing, a first feed portion, a first ground portion, a second ground portion, and a radiator. The metal housing includes a front frame, a backboard, and a side frame. The side frame defines a slot and the front frame defines a gap. The metal housing is divided into at least a long portion and a short portion by the slot and the gap. One end of the first feed portion is electrically connected to the long portion for feeding current to the long portion and another end of the first feed portion is electrically connected to the backboard. The first and second ground portions are both electrically connected to the long portion for grounding the long portion. The radiator is positioned in the metal housing, electrically connected to the backboard, and is spaced apart from the short portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai-Ting Hung, Cho-Kang Hsu, Men-Hsueh Tsai
  • Patent number: D811314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: FEDERAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung-Chin Chiang, Kung-Ming Chou, Che-Lun Chang, Chung-Hung Hsiao, Kai-Cheng Chan, Szu-Chin Yang, Yen-Lin Peng