Patents by Inventor Lei Pan

Lei Pan 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: 20170031989
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of processing a structured query language (SQL) statement is provided, comprising: determining whether a first query and a second query are equivalent, the first and second queries being respectively the left side and the right side operands of the OUTER JOIN operation; determining whether a SELECT output of the SQL statement does not refer to database columns from the left side of the OUTER JOIN operation which are not also partitioning columns of the OUTER JOIN operation; and responsive to determining that the first query and the second query are equivalent and that the SELECT output of the SQL statement does not refer to database columns from the left side of the OUTER JOIN operation which are not also partitioning columns of the OUTER JOIN operation, transforming the SQL statement into an optimized query SQL statement by removing the OUTER JOIN operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Pedro M. Barbas, Peter J. Duffy, Lei Pan, David M. Tilson
  • Publication number: 20160318447
    Abstract: A replaceable automobile interior rearview mirror bracket comprises a support base (1) arranged in a body (6) of an automobile interior rearview mirror and an Original Equipment Manufacturer base (2) arranged on an automobile windshield (7), and a replaceable support (3) arranged between the support base (1) and the OEM base (2). The replaceable support (3) includes a ball head base (31), a support pipe (32), and a conversion head (35). The ball head base (31) is fixed with the OEM base (2), the support base (1) is provided with a connector (4), the connector (4) is connected with the to conversion head (35) on the replaceable support (3), and the connector (4) is fixed with the replaceable support (3) through a fastening screw (5). The present application, realizing replacement of a double-ball-head support or a three-ball-head support, has advantages of easy disassembling and assembling, safety, reliability and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Lei Pan
  • Publication number: 20160216441
    Abstract: Rare earth oxides doped multicomponent glass fibers for laser generation and amplification, including a core and a cladding, the core comprising at least 2 weight percent glass network modifier selected from BaO, CaO, MgO, ZnO, PbO, K2O, Na2O, Li2O, Y2O3, or combinations; wherein the mode of the core is guided with step index difference between the core and the cladding, a numerical aperture of the fiber is between 0.01 and 0.04; core diameter is from 25 to 120 micron, and a length of the gain fiber is shorter than 60 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Shibin Jiang, Tao Luo, Qing Wang, Lei Pan
  • Publication number: 20160218478
    Abstract: Ultrashort pulse fiber amplifier having a pulse width from 200 ps to 200 fs comprising a rare earth oxide doped multicomponent glass fibers for laser amplification, including a core and a cladding, the core comprising at least 2 weight percent glass network modifier selected from BaO, CaO, MgO, ZnO, PbO, K2O, Na2O, Li2O, Y2O3, or combinations; wherein the mode of the core is guided with step index difference between the core and the cladding, a numerical aperture of the fiber is between 0.01 and 0.04; core diameter is from 25 to 120 micron, and a length of the gain fiber is shorter than 60 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Shibin Jiang, Tao Luo, Qing Wang, Lei Pan
  • Publication number: 20160173081
    Abstract: A device includes a transistor cascode circuit including a first transistor configured to pull up voltage of a bulk and a node in response to a first control signal, and a second transistor configured to pull up voltage of an interface (I/O) pin in response to a second control signal. The device further includes a third transistor configured to pull down voltage of the I/O pin in response to a third control signal, and a feedback circuit configured to turn off the first transistor when the voltage of the I/O pin is above a predetermined level during a failsafe period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Lei Pan, Qingchao Meng
  • Publication number: 20160112757
    Abstract: Disclosed are a server, a client and a video processing method. The method comprises: a server transmitting at least one piece of video relevant information to at least one client, wherein a picture of a frame in a video corresponding to the video relevant information is composed of a plurality of sub-regions; the client receiving the video and the video relevant information which are transmitted by the server; selecting a sub-region; performing video analysis on the selected sub-region to generate corresponding video analysis information; returning the video analysis information to the server; the server receiving the video analysis information returned by the at least one client; and adjusting the video relevant information according to the video analysis information. The server and the client respectively comprise modules for realizing functions in the method. The present invention reduces the processing costs of video servers, and improves the efficiency and accuracy of video analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Lei Pan, Hongjiang Zhang, Kuifei Yu
  • Patent number: 9306571
    Abstract: A device includes a first level shifter, a switch, and a control circuit. The first level shifter is electrically connected to a pad. The switch has an input terminal electrically connected to an input terminal of the first level shifter, and an output terminal electrically connected to an output terminal of the first level shifter. The control circuit is electrically connected to a control terminal of the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Pan, Qingchao Meng
  • Patent number: 9290128
    Abstract: A multi-functional vehicle rearview mirror that includes a cover, a glass reflecting mirror face, a large sized liquid crystal display device which includes a large sized display screen and a large sized display driver board, wherein the large sized display screen includes a large sized displaying liquid crystal glass and a large sized display device backlight module, wherein the large sized liquid crystal display device is provided with a retention frame and a high obscuration media, wherein a small window with a small sized backlight module and a control circuit is provided. The rearview mirror automatically shifts between multiple cameras via signals from vehicle lamps. The RF modules with little power consumption are embedded into the circuits of the rearview mirror and the cameras for providing the video shift and information communication of the whole system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Inventor: Lei Pan
  • Patent number: 9199327
    Abstract: A portable IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) of high reliability, compact size, and low cost includes a main circuit to which a control circuit and an auxiliary power supply circuit are connected. The main circuit includes, in sequence, an input rectifier filter circuit, an inverter circuit, a high-frequency primary transformer, and a secondary output rectifier circuit. The control circuit includes a PWM regulation circuit, an IGBT driving circuit, a current feedback circuit, and a current setup circuit. The inverter circuit includes a full-bridge hard switching structure, which has IGBTs constituting bridge arms that are sequentially conducted, so that their alternating conduction converts direct current into high frequency square wave alternating current, which flows through the high-frequency primary transformer and is then subjected to rectification to supply an output of low voltage direct current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN JASIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aiping Xu, Lei Pan, Bo Xiao
  • Publication number: 20150319735
    Abstract: A method and trunk user terminal for implementing a trunk service based on LTE is disclosed. The trunk user terminal includes: a first monitoring unit, configured to monitor a trunk paging channel (TPCH); a group call request unit, configured to initiate a group call; a second monitoring unit, configured to: after the first monitoring unit monitors a group call message through the TPCH, monitor a trunk group control channel (TGCCH) on a network side to obtain configuration information of a trunk group traffic channel (TGTCH) issued on the TGCCH; and a third monitoring unit, configured to establish a local TGTCH bearer based on the configuration information to monitor the TGTCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventor: Lei PAN
  • Patent number: 9135370
    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating updating parameters. The method obtains search keywords used by users within a predetermined time period; counts the search keywords to obtain primary keywords, related keywords, co-search frequencies of each primary keyword and the respective related keywords being searched together, and search frequencies of the primary keywords being searched alone; computes first feature values based on the search frequencies of the primary keywords being searched alone; and then computes second feature values based on the first feature values and the co-search frequencies of the primary keywords and the respective related keywords. The second feature values serve as updating parameters for determining displaying modes of the related keywords. An apparatus of generating updating parameters, and a method and an apparatus of displaying related keywords according to the updating parameters are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Lei Pan, Yuanhu Yao, Zhen Yang, Tianji Zhang
  • Patent number: 9048655
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an IC that includes an ESD-susceptible circuit. The IC includes a number of IC pads that are electrically coupled to respective nodes on the ESD-susceptible circuit. The IC pads are electrically accessible from external to the IC, and include one or more power supply pads and one or more I/O pads. The IC also includes a number of ESD protection devices coupled to the plurality of IC pads, respectively. A trigger circuit on the IC is configured to detect an ESD event impingent on a power supply pad and, in response to the detection, to trigger concurrent shunting of energy of the ESD event over both an ESD clamp element of an I/O pad and an ESD clamp element of the power supply pad. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qingchao Meng, Lei Pan, Shao-Yu Chou
  • Publication number: 20150118009
    Abstract: A graphite wafer carrier for LED epitaxial wafer processes, having a plurality of wafer pocket profiles above the carrier for carrying the epitaxial wafer substrate. The inner edge of the wafer pocket profile is a concave step with a plurality of inward-extended support portions; and also has a graphite wafer carrier edge and an axle hole at the center of the graphite wafer carrier. The pocket profiles of different quantities and sizes can be arranged on the basis of different process parameters. The disclosed structure can reduce or eliminate airflow interference and improve the wafer edge yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: XIAMEN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HSIANG-PIN HSIEH, QI NAN, LEI PAN
  • Publication number: 20150106391
    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating updating parameters. The method obtains search keywords used by users within a predetermined time period; counts the search keywords to obtain primary keywords, related keywords, co-search frequencies of each primary keyword and the respective related keywords being searched together, and search frequencies of the primary keywords being searched alone; computes first feature values based on the search frequencies of the primary keywords being searched alone; and then computes second feature values based on the first feature values and the co-search frequencies of the primary keywords and the respective related keywords. The second feature values serve as updating parameters for determining displaying modes of the related keywords. An apparatus of generating updating parameters, and a method and an apparatus of displaying related keywords according to the updating parameters are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Lei Pan, Yuanhu Yao, Zhen Yang, Tianji Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150089378
    Abstract: Described is a graphical bookmark implementation method and device for an embedded browser, and a terminal. The method includes: accessing a Web site through the embedded browser; acquiring a Favicon or a site logo of the Web site; and binding the Favicon or the site logo with information of a bookmark when the Web site needs to be stored as the bookmark, and presenting the Favicon or the site logo as a graphical bookmark on a browser interface. As such, graphical bookmark information can be acquired to distinguish different sites, and the Favicon and a site logo picture are much smaller than the whole web page and very suitable for the embedded browser on a portable mobile communication terminal with a smaller screen, so that the problem that a web page thumbnail cannot be clearly seen due to the adoption of a web page thumbnail manner is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lei Pan
  • Publication number: 20150070070
    Abstract: A device includes a first level shifter, a switch, and a control circuit. The first level shifter is electrically connected to a pad. The switch has an input terminal electrically connected to an input terminal of the first level shifter, and an output terminal electrically connected to an output terminal of the first level shifter. The control circuit is electrically connected to a control terminal of the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Pan, Qingchao Meng
  • Patent number: 8953602
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a network data storage system and a network data access method. The disclosed network data storage system includes: a data node, used for storing a data unit; a metadata node, used for storing and managing routing information and providing the routing information according to a data processing request of a client; and a data management node, used for processing the requested data unit in the data node according to a data access request of the client. The disclosed system and method may improve access performance of network data, enhance expansibility of a system, and lower expansion cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Jinsheng Yang, Lei Pan, Zhengrong Tang
  • Patent number: 8874588
    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating updating parameters. The method obtains search keywords used by users within a predetermined time period; counts the search keywords to obtain primary keywords, related keywords, co-search frequencies of each primary keyword and the respective related keywords being searched together, and search frequencies of the primary keywords being searched alone; computes first feature values based on the search frequencies of the primary keywords being searched alone; and then computes second feature values based on the first feature values and the co-search frequencies of the primary keywords and the respective related keywords. The second feature values serve as updating parameters for determining displaying modes of the related keywords. An apparatus of generating updating parameters, and a method and an apparatus of displaying related keywords according to the updating parameters are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Lei Pan, Yuanhu Yao, Zhen Yang, Tianji Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140209586
    Abstract: A portable IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) of high reliability, compact size, and low cost includes a main circuit to which a control circuit and an auxiliary power supply circuit are connected. The main circuit includes, in sequence, an input rectifier filter circuit, an inverter circuit, a high-frequency primary transformer, and a secondary output rectifier circuit. The control circuit includes a PWM regulation circuit, an IGBT driving circuit, a current feedback circuit, and a current setup circuit. The inverter circuit includes a full-bridge hard switching structure, which has IGBTs constituting bridge arms that are sequentially conducted, so that their alternating conduction converts direct current into high frequency square wave alternating current, which flows through the high-frequency primary transformer and is then subjected to rectification to supply an output of low voltage direct current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SHENZHEN JASIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Aiping Xu, Lei Pan, Bo Xiao
  • Patent number: 8768906
    Abstract: A method and a system of displaying related keywords are provided. The method includes: receiving a primary keyword inputted by a user and a request for retrieving keywords related to the primary keyword; recording a frequency of the retrieving request corresponding to the primary keyword; selecting a candidate group of related keywords based on the frequency from the groups of related keywords corresponding to the primary keyword; and displaying the related keywords in the candidate group of related keywords. The system includes: an interface unit, a recording unit, an acquiring unit and a displaying unit. The disclosed method and system retrieve different groups of related keywords based on the frequency of the request for retrieving keywords related to a certain primary keyword, and display the retrieved related keywords in a rotating manner and allow a user to obtain the related keywords in an easier and more complete way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Lei Pan, Yuanhu Yao, Weiwei Wang, Yu Zhang