Patents by Inventor Kai Liu

Kai Liu 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: 20240389474
    Abstract: A low-cost and high-strength Bi-based superconducting wire/tape and a preparation method thereof, the preparation method includes: 1. subjecting a first Bi-based superconducting wire/tape to electrochemical silver reduction to remove a Ag alloy layer to obtain a second Bi-based superconducting wire/tape; and 2. subjecting the second Bi-based superconducting wire/tape to surface enhancement, such that a Cu layer is formed to obtain the low-cost and high-strength Bi-based superconducting wire/tape. An electrochemical silver reduction technology combines with an electrochemical additive method to remove a Ag alloy layer on a surface of a Bi-based superconducting wire/tape and coat a high-strength Cu layer, such that a low-cost and high-strength Bi-based superconducting wire/tape can be prepared, which reduces a preparation cost and improves a strength of a Bi-based superconducting wire/tape to meet the application requirements of large super-strong magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: NORTHWEST INSTITUTE FOR NONFERROUS METAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Qingbin HAO, Jianfeng LI, Shengnan ZHANG, Lihua JIN, Xiaoyan XU, Gaofeng JIAO, Kai YAO, Chengshan LI, Guoqing LIU, Zhenbao LI, Xueqian LIU, Gaoshan LI, Jianqing FENG, Pingxiang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240388775
    Abstract: This application provides a camera decoration assembly. The camera decoration assembly includes a decoration member, a mounting member and a fastener. The decoration member is exposed from a housing; and the decoration member and the mounting member are connected through the fastener or buckling, and are pressed on two opposite sides of the housing respectively. The mounting member includes a body and a conductor embedded in the body; and the conductor is of a metal structure, and is partially exposed from the body to be electrically connected to the decoration member and grounded. In the camera decoration assembly, the decoration member is mounted from outside of the housing, and the mounting member is mounted from inside of the housing, and is connected to the decoration member through the fastener or buckling. An appearance size of the decoration member located outside the housing is not limited by a size and a layout of an internal structure of a mobile terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Chuncheng Mao, Dong Ma, Kai Liu, Yan Lv
  • Publication number: 20240387359
    Abstract: Semiconductor packages and methods of forming the same are disclosed. An semiconductor package includes two dies, an encapsulant, a first metal line and a plurality of dummy vias. The encapsulant is disposed between the two dies. The first metal line is disposed over the two dies and the encapsulant, and electrically connected to the two dies. The plurality of dummy vias is disposed over the encapsulant and aside the first metal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Huang, Han-Ping Pu, Ming-Kai Liu, Ting-Chu Ko, Yung-Ping Chiang, Chang-Wen Huang, Yu-Sheng Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20240383889
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I), methods of using the compounds for inhibiting HPK1 activity and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders associated with HPK1 activity such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kai Liu, Jun Pan, Alexander Sokolsky, Oleg Vechorkin, Hai Fen Ye, Qinda Ye, Wenqing Yao
  • Publication number: 20240387454
    Abstract: A memory device including a first semiconductor die and a memory cube mounted on and connected with the first semiconductor die is described. The memory cube includes multiple stacked tiers, and each tier of the multiple stacked tiers includes second semiconductor dies laterally wrapped by an encapsulant and a redistribution structure disposed on the second semiconductor dies and the encapsulant. The second semiconductor dies of the multiple stacked tiers are electrically connected with the first semiconductor die through the redistribution structures in the multiple stacked tiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Huang, Han-Ping Pu, Ming-Kai Liu, Ting-Chu Ko, Yung-Ping Chiang, Chang-Wen Huang, Yu-Sheng Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20240387092
    Abstract: An inductive device includes multiple packaged devices, each including a body and a conductor layer within the body and a set of external connectors. The conductor layer of a packaged device includes a set of conductive lines electrically connected to the set of external connectors of the packaged device. Conductive lines of two packaged devices of the inductive device are at an angle relative to one another. External connectors of the packaged devices are coupled to one another to electrically connect the sets of conductive lines to define one or more coils, each coil having multiple turns and each turn including a conductive line of each packaged device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kai LIU, Jui-Yi CHIU, Jonghae KIM, Nosun PARK, Je-Hsiung LAN
  • Patent number: 12148735
    Abstract: A memory device including a first semiconductor die and a memory cube mounted on and connected with the first semiconductor die is described. The memory cube includes multiple stacked tiers, and each tier of the multiple stacked tiers includes second semiconductor dies laterally wrapped by an encapsulant and a redistribution structure disposed on the second semiconductor dies and the encapsulant. The second semiconductor dies of the multiple stacked tiers are electrically connected with the first semiconductor die through the redistribution structures in the multiple stacked tiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Huang, Han-Ping Pu, Ming-Kai Liu, Ting-Chu Ko, Yung-Ping Chiang, Chang-Wen Huang, Yu-Sheng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12146223
    Abstract: The metal ceramic powder with a particle size of 15-45 ?m and suitable for thermal spraying is prepared through a combination of mechanical ball milling, spray granulation, and vacuum sintering. The metal ceramic powder is sprayed on a surface of a steel substrate adopting the high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) technology with oxygen-propane as fuel and taking oxygen as a combustion improver, propane as fuel, nitrogen as powder feeding carrier gas, and air as a cooling medium to prepare and form the NiCrBSi—ZrB2 composite coating. The present disclosure solves the problem that ZrB2 ceramic is difficult to compact during sintering and improves powder bonding strength and fluidity. The preparation method is simple, has advantages of high coating deposition efficiency and convenient equipment operation, and is cost-effective. The preparation method can improve thermal corrosion resistance and high-temperature wear resistance of a surface of boiler, and prolonging lifetime of the boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shihong Zhang, Xia Liu, Kai Hu, Zhaolu Xue, Yang Yang, Kang Yang
  • Patent number: 12145869
    Abstract: A hollow fiber nanofiltration membrane system and its control method are provided. The system includes a water feeding system, a return system, a hollow fiber nanofiltration membrane group, a water production system, a cleaning system, a dosing system and a program control system. Through the self-matching, self-adaptation and self-adjustment functions of the program control system, an intelligent and accurate operation control is formed according to water quality and operation condition. In the control method, the program control system presets an operation mode according to a preset working condition and an inlet water quality, automatically selects whether to add the scale inhibitor or perform concentrated water return at a beginning of filtration, automatically outputs a dosage of the scale inhibitor or the concentrated water return flow, and monitor a change of the inlet water quality, and the feedwater pressure or a transmembrane pressure in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Greentech Environment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu Liu, Yingqiang Su, Zehua Li, Mengyuan Duan, Kai Sun, Xikun Zhu, Liyan Zhang, Cong Xiao, Huiming Han
  • Patent number: 12149143
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a magnetic levitation planar motor workbench having a double-layer winding of coarse and fine drive, which belongs to the technical field of planar motors, and includes a stator and a mover. The vertically magnetized permanent magnets and the horizontally magnetized permanent magnets in the stator are arranged in a Halbach arrangement; the mover is located on the enhanced side of the air gap magnetic field above the stator. The mover adopts the double-layer winding of unequal heights, and the height of the upper first winding is smaller than the lower second winding. Each layer of winding may generate driving forces in six directions to achieve six-degree-of-freedom driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lizhan Zeng, Kai Liu, Xuedong Chen
  • Publication number: 20240375002
    Abstract: This application provides an information processing method and apparatus in a virtual scene, a device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product. The method includes displaying a skill control of a target skill corresponding to a virtual object controlled by the electronic device in a display interface of a virtual scene; when the skill control is in a cooldown state, receiving a transmission instruction of skill cooldown prompt information triggered from the skill control, the transmission instruction being associated with a target virtual object in the virtual scene; transmitting the skill cooldown prompt information of the skill control to the target virtual object in the virtual scene in response to the transmission instruction; and displaying the skill cooldown prompt information prompting a cooldown time of the skill control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Peicheng LIU, Xiaohao LIU, Shan LIN, Kai TANG, Bo YE
  • Publication number: 20240374570
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a method for promoting axon regeneration in a subject, including those with central nervous system (CNS) injury, by activation of Nrf2 induced by edaravone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kai LIU, Chao YANG, Leung Ting CHAN, Mengxian CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240379593
    Abstract: Methods and semiconductor structures are provided. A semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of transistors, an interconnect structure electrically coupled to the plurality of transistors, a metal feature disposed over the interconnect structure and electrically isolated from the plurality of transistors, an insulation layer disposed over the metal feature, and a first redistribution feature and a second redistribution feature disposed over the insulation layer. A space between the first redistribution feature and the second redistribution feature is disposed directly over at least a portion of the metal feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kuo-An Liu, Wen-Chiung Tu, Yuan-Yang Hsiao, Kai Tak Lam, Chen-Chiu Huang, Zhiqiang Wu, Dian-Hau Chen
  • Patent number: 12141878
    Abstract: Detecting fake news involves receiving a plurality of allegedly real news stories and allegedly fake news stories from one or more websites, receiving a plurality of user posts to a social media platform relating to the plurality of allegedly real news stories and allegedly fake news stories; receiving a plurality of user engagements related to the plurality of user posts, receiving user profile information, and social media network information, for users creating the plurality of user posts to the social media platform, and users participating in the engagements related to the plurality of user posts, and classifying each of the received plurality of allegedly real news stories and allegedly fake news stories as one of a real news story and a fake news story based on the analyzed content and analyzed social media context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kai Shu, Deepak Mahudeswaran, Huan Liu
  • Patent number: 12143632
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes encoding a current video block of a video using a matrix intra prediction (MIP) mode in which a prediction block of the current video block is determined by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation; and adding, to a coded representation of the current video block, a syntax element indicative of applicability of the MIP mode to the current video block using arithmetic coding in which a context for the syntax element is derived based on a rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 12139243
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program for controlling propulsion of marine vessel. The propulsion is implemented by a foil wheel propulsion system. The method includes: receiving a wheel operation status from a wheel drive; receiving a plurality of foil operation statuses from a plurality of foil drives; receiving a command from a vessel control system; generating wheel control data for the wheel drive to control a foil pitch function of the foil wheel propulsion system based on the command in view of the wheel operation status; and generating foil control data for the plurality of the foil drives to further control the foil pitch function of the foil wheel propulsion system based on the command in view of the wheel operation status and the plurality of foil operation statuses, wherein a reference torque of the foil control data for each foil drive is generated using a foil feedforward model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Bin Liu, Veli-Pekka Peljo, Peter Fransson, Arne Trangärd, Wei Ji, Winston Garcia-Gabin, Kateryna Mishchenko, Jari Kivelä, Kai Karila, Matti Kivioja
  • Patent number: 12142561
    Abstract: An integrated device that includes a die substrate comprising a plurality of transistors, an interconnection portion coupled to the die substrate, and a packaging portion coupled to the interconnection portion. The interconnection portion includes at least one die dielectric layer and a plurality of die interconnects coupled to the plurality of transistors. The packaging portion includes at least one magnetic layer and a plurality of metallization interconnects coupled to the plurality of die interconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kai Liu, Je-Hsiung Lan, Jonghae Kim
  • Patent number: 12140025
    Abstract: A directional drilling method applied to a rigid bending joint directional drilling device includes: obtaining geological data; determining a lateral drilling point and a target point of a branching borehole based on the geological data; drawing a target borehole trajectory of the branching borehole based on the lateral drilling point and the target point; obtaining parameters of the drill pipe; determining a propulsion force corresponding to the target borehole trajectory based on the parameters, the target borehole trajectory, and the geological data; and applying the propulsion force to the rigid bending joint directional drilling device for drilling the branching borehole. A directional drilling system and related devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, BEIJING
    Inventors: Yifan Zeng, Weihong Yang, Qiang Wu, Xuan Xiao, Kai Pang, Xinjiang Wei, Xue Liu, Aoshuang Mei, Shihao Meng, Chao Yu
  • Patent number: 12143616
    Abstract: A video processing method is provided to include performing a conversion between a coded representation of a video including one or more video regions and the video, wherein the coded representation includes side information applicable for in-loop reshaping (ILR) of some of the one or more video regions, wherein the side information provides parameters for a reconstruction of a video unit of a video region based on a representation of the video unit in a first domain and a second domain and/or scaling chroma residue of a chroma video unit, and wherein the side information applicable to the some of the one or more video regions is coded without directly inheriting from other video regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12143627
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for asymmetric weighted bi-predictive merging in video coding are described. In a representative aspect, a method for decoding video data includes determining that a current video block of the video data is predicted from an asymmetric bi-predictive merge candidate, where different weights are used for a first reference block and a second reference block, and making, based on the determination, a determination between enabling and disabling a coding tool for the current video block. In a case that the current video block is predicted from an asymmetric bi-predictive merge candidate, the coding tool is not applied to the current video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yue Wang