Patents by Inventor Kai Fan

Kai Fan 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: 20200252008
    Abstract: A flexure stage with modularized flexure units for convenient manufacturing, assembly and repair is provided. The flexure stage comprises a base, a platform separated from the base, and a plurality of flexure units disposed between the base and the platform. Each flexure unit comprises a first section, a second section, and a third section. The first section is located on the base. The second section is connected with the platform and separated from the first section. The third section is coupled with the first section and the second section through the first bending part and the second bending part 35 respectively wherein the first bending part and the second bending part comprises flexibility in different axial directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiang LI, Chih-Kai FAN, Yu-Jung CHANG
  • Patent number: 10699938
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a first surface. A STI structure extends from the first surface into the substrate. The STI structure includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends from the first surface into the substrate, and has an intersection with the first surface. The second portion extends away from the first portion, and has a tip at a distance away from the intersection in a direction parallel to the first surface. The first portion and the second portion are filled with a dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Bin Huang, Chien-Mao Chen, Yu-Hsuan Kuo, Shih-Kai Fan, Chia-Hung Lai, Kang-Min Kuo
  • Patent number: 10634649
    Abstract: A clamping apparatus for coupling an ultrasonic transducer to a conduit is disclosed. The clamping apparatus comprises a base portion fastened to the conduit and including a bracket for receiving an adapter. The adapter is attached to a housing and allows the housing to be rotated when the adapter is positioned in an upper portion of the bracket, and prevents the housing from being rotated when the adapter is positioned in a lower portion of the bracket. The housing is configured to enclose the ultrasonic transducer except for a housing opening along the bottom of the housing. The ultrasonic transducer extends through the housing opening and is spring biased against the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Kai Fan
  • Publication number: 20200004590
    Abstract: A notification for an application stack is received, where the application stack includes a plurality of resource types. At least one policy associated with the notification is obtained, with the first policy being a policy for scaling a first resource of a first resource type and a second resource of a second resource type of the application stack. A first capacity for the first resource and a second capacity for the second resource is determined based at least in part on the at least one policy. The first resource and the second resource are caused to be scaled according to the first capacity and the second capacity respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kai Fan Tang, Ahmed Usman Khalid
  • Publication number: 20190379674
    Abstract: A policy associated with a notification received by one or more computer systems is obtained. A first request is submitted, to a service, for a first current capacity of a resource. An amount by which to adjust a capacity of the resource is calculated, based at least in part on the policy and the first current capacity. A second request is submitted, to the service, to adjust the capacity of the resource by the amount. A third request is submitted, to the service, for a second current capacity of the resource, and whether the second request has been fulfilled is determined based at least in part on a comparison between the second current capacity and the response to the third request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Lewis, Kai Fan Tang, Farzad Moghimi, Ahmed Usman Khalid, Stephan Weinwurm
  • Patent number: 10494925
    Abstract: An automatic straightening device includes a fully-mechanized coal mining working face, which includes a plurality of middle troughs, and each middle trough is connected to a push-pull rod of one hydraulic support. The fully-mechanized coal mining working face is provided with the automatic straightening device. The automatic straightening device includes a flexible element rope, the tensile and compressive force sensors, and a signal processing device. Each middle trough is provided with two tensile and compressive force sensors; one end of the flexible element rope is connected to a rope extend-retract control device, and the other end of the flexible element rope sequentially passes through lifting rings to be connected to the tensile and compressive force sensors and is fixed to a positioning force bearing bolt on the outermost side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, XUZHOU GOLDFLUID HYDRAULIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Haifeng Yan, Zhongbin Wang, Xuliang Lu, Chao Tan, Lei Si, Yiqiao Man, Kai Fan
  • Publication number: 20190345824
    Abstract: An automatic straightening device includes a fully-mechanized coal mining working face, which includes a plurality of middle troughs, and each middle trough is connected to a push-pull rod of one hydraulic support. The fully-mechanized coal mining working face is provided with the automatic straightening device. The automatic straightening device includes a flexible element rope, the tensile and compressive force sensors, and a signal processing device. Each middle trough is provided with two tensile and compressive force sensors; one end of the flexible element rope is connected to a rope extend-retract control device, and the other end of the flexible element rope sequentially passes through lifting rings to be connected to the tensile and compressive force sensors and is fixed to a positioning force bearing bolt on the outermost side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicants: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, XUZHOU GOLDFLUID HYDRAULIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HAIFENG YAN, ZHONGBIN WANG, XULIANG LU, CHAO TAN, LEI SI, YIQIAO MAN, KAI FAN
  • Publication number: 20190333076
    Abstract: A method for applying a customer behavior analysis system and a storage medium containing computer instructions for the purpose includes obtaining images of a scene in a store or other commercial concern, detecting living faces from the images and rejecting the heads and faces on posters and the heads and faces of store dummies. Of the remaining faces deemed to be of real customers, applying predetermined rules to determine if a customer is a new customer or a repeat customer. The face of a new customer can be added to a tracing list, and all customers can be traced and their behavior in respect of sales sections visited and particular merchandise examined can be analyzed based on further predetermined rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: PO-CHENG CHEN, YU-WEN CHEN, KAI-FAN LEE
  • Patent number: 10457280
    Abstract: A control system for maintaining a traffic warning triangle at a constant speed when deployed, notwithstanding rises and falls in the road surface, includes a driver, a driving controller, a detector, and a processor. The driving controller controls the driver to drive the mobile warning triangle to move on a road at a predetermined speed. The detector obtains information as to the road. The processor outputs control signals to the driving controller to control the mobile warning triangle to move at the constant predetermined speed when moving. A control method of the mobile warning triangle is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN)CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You-Yun Lee, Ling-Chieh Tai, Kai-Fan Lee, Shih-Yin Tseng
  • Patent number: 10412022
    Abstract: A scaling notification is received that includes a current capacity for a scalable target of a resource. A policy associated with the scaling notification is obtained. A new capacity is computed for the scalable target, based at least in part on the policy and the current capacity of the scalable target. A scaling request is made to an application programming interface endpoint for the scalable target, with the request including a new capacity for the scalable target, thereby causing the current capacity of the scalable target to change to the new capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Fan Tang, Christopher Thomas Lewis, Farzad Moghimi, Stephan Weinwurm, Nayanish Hinge
  • Patent number: 10409642
    Abstract: A notification for an application stack is received, where the application stack includes a plurality of resource types. At least one policy associated with the notification is obtained, with the first policy being a policy for scaling a first resource of a first resource type and a second resource of a second resource type of the application stack. A first capacity for the first resource and a second capacity for the second resource is determined based at least in part on the at least one policy. The first resource and the second resource are caused to be scaled according to the first capacity and the second capacity respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Fan Tang, Ahmed Usman Khalid
  • Patent number: 10402207
    Abstract: A system for chassis management includes a plurality of motherboards of a chassis, a plurality of baseboard management controllers (BMCs), and at least one chassis level component. Each of the plurality of BMCs is associated with one of the plurality of motherboards. The plurality of BMCs are interconnected via a first communication bus. The plurality of BMCs and the at least one chassis level component are interconnected via a second communication bus. One BMC of the plurality of BMCs is configured to operate as a virtual chassis management controller (VCMC) for the chassis. The VCMC is configured to exchange data with other BMCs of the plurality of BMCs over the first communication bus and manage the at least one chassis level component over the second communication bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Kai-Fan Ku, Chin-Fu Tsai
  • Patent number: 10397240
    Abstract: A scaling policy associated with a notification received by one or more computer systems is obtained. A first request is submitted, to a software container service, for a first current capacity of a resource. An amount by which to adjust a capacity of the resource is calculated, based at least in part on the scaling policy and the first current capacity. A second request is submitted, to the software container service, to adjust the capacity of the resource by the amount. A third request is submitted, to the software container service, for a second current capacity of the resource, and whether the second request has been fulfilled is determined based at least in part on a comparison between the second current capacity and the amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Lewis, Kai Fan Tang, Farzad Moghimi, Ahmed Usman Khalid, Stephan Weinwurm
  • Publication number: 20190120798
    Abstract: A clamping apparatus for coupling an ultrasonic transducer to a conduit is disclosed. The clamping apparatus comprises a base portion fastened to the conduit and including a bracket for receiving an adapter. The adapter is attached to a housing and allows the housing to be rotated when the adapter is positioned in an upper portion of the bracket, and prevents the housing from being rotated when the adapter is positioned in a lower portion of the bracket. The housing is configured to enclose the ultrasonic transducer except for a housing opening along the bottom of the housing. The ultrasonic transducer extends through the housing opening and is spring biased against the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Kai Fan
  • Publication number: 20190116690
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for dynamically adjusting maximum fan duties in a server system. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method for dynamically adjusting maximum fan duties in the server system, comprises: powering on the server system; receiving, from BIOS, bus interface information of a system board of the server system; determining that there is no rotation-vibration issues (RVI) sensitive device directly connected to the system board; and setting a first maximum fan duty for one or more cooling fans of the server system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Chao-Jung CHEN, Yi-Chieh CHEN, Jen-Mao CHEN, Kai-Fan KU
  • Publication number: 20190089714
    Abstract: A scaling policy associated with a notification received by one or more computer systems is obtained. A first request is submitted, to a software container service, for a first current capacity of a resource. An amount by which to adjust a capacity of the resource is calculated, based at least in part on the scaling policy and the first current capacity. A second request is submitted, to the software container service, to adjust the capacity of the resource by the amount. A third request is submitted, to the software container service, for a second current capacity of the resource, and whether the second request has been fulfilled is determined based at least in part on a comparison between the second current capacity and the amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Lewis, Kai Fan Tang, Farzad Moghimi, Ahmed Usman Khalid, Stephan Weinwurm
  • Publication number: 20190057047
    Abstract: A data storage device coupled to a plurality of client devices, each being given a priority and an access quota, includes a memory device and an arbiter. The arbiter is configured to receive one or more access requests requesting to access the memory device from one or more client devices within a predetermined period of time, and arbitrate which client device gets the right to access the memory device based on the priorities and the access quotas of the corresponding client devices when there is more than one client device transmitting the access request at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Steve Hengchen HSU, Po-Kai FAN, Yu-Yin CHEN
  • Patent number: 10148592
    Abstract: Techniques are described for scaling a group of computing resources. A computing resource service receives a scaling policy for use in scaling the group of computing resources. The scaling policy specifies a target level for a resource utilization metric and magnitude-based changes to the group. The computing resource service receives information about a magnitude of a measurement for the resource utilization metric. The computing resource service determines, based at least in part on the scaling policy, one or more changes for the group and initiates the one or more changes in the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Solomon Pai, Alison Qing-Ning Truong, Eric Samuel Stone, Ahmed Usman Khalid, Kai Fan Tang
  • Patent number: 10135837
    Abstract: A scaling policy associated with a notification received by one or more computer systems is obtained. A first request is submitted, to a software container service, for a first current capacity of a resource. An amount by which to adjust a capacity of the resource is calculated, based at least in part on the scaling policy and the first current capacity. A second request is submitted, to the software container service, to adjust the capacity of the resource by the amount. A third request is submitted, to the software container service, for a second current capacity of the resource, and whether the second request has been fulfilled is determined based at least in part on a comparison between the second current capacity and the amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Lewis, Kai Fan Tang, Farzad Moghimi, Ahmed Usman Khalid, Stephan Weinwurm
  • Publication number: 20180326983
    Abstract: A control system for maintaining a traffic warning triangle at a constant speed when deployed, notwithstanding rises and falls in the road surface, includes a driver, a driving controller, a detector, and a processor. The driving controller controls the driver to drive the mobile warning triangle to move on a road at a predetermined speed. The detector obtains information as to the road. The processor outputs control signals to the driving controller to control the mobile warning triangle to move at the constant predetermined speed when moving. A control method of the mobile warning triangle is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: YOU-YUN LEE, LING-CHIEH TAI, KAI-FAN LEE, SHIH-YIN TSENG