Patents by Inventor Lihua Zhao

Lihua Zhao 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: 20170305066
    Abstract: In one example, a non-transitory processor readable medium having instructions thereon that when executed cause an additive manufacturing machine to expose build material to a light source emitting monochromatic light within a band of wavelengths that includes a peak light absorption of a liquid coalescing agent to be dispensed on to the build material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Krzysztof Nauka, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Lihua Zhao, Howard S. Tom, Yan Zhao, Hou T. Ng, James Elmer Abbott, Jr., Alexander Govyadinov, Vladek Kasperchik
  • Publication number: 20170274593
    Abstract: In one example, a non-transitory processor readable medium with instructions thereon that when executed cause an additive manufacturing machine to partially or completely bury a part in layers of molten build material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Krzysztof NAUKA, Sivapackia GANAPATHIAPPAN, Lihua ZHAO, Howard S. TOM, Yan ZHAO, Hou T. NG
  • Publication number: 20170247553
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to coalescent inks and material sets for 3D printing. The coalescent ink can include a water-soluble near-infrared dye having a peak absorption wavelength from 800 nm to 1400 nm. The coalescent ink can also contain water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Howard S. Tom, Lihua Zhao, Krzysztof Nauka, Yan Zhao, Hou T. Ng, Keshava A. Prasad
  • Publication number: 20170239889
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to coalescent inks and material sets for 3D printing. The coalescent ink can include an organic-soluble near-infrared dye having a peak absorption wavelength from 800 nm to 1400 nm. The coalescent ink can also in water and an organic co-solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Howard S. Tom, Lihua Zhao, Krzysztof Nauka, Yan Zhao, Hou T. Ng
  • Publication number: 20170225396
    Abstract: In a 3D printing method, a sinterable material is applied and heated to a temperature ranging from about 50° C. to about 400° C. A coalescent agent is selectively applied on a portion of the sinterable material, and a modifying agent is selectively applied on the portion and/or on another portion of the sinterable material. The modifying agent consists of an inorganic salt, a surfactant, a co-solvent, a humectant, a biocide, and water. The sinterable material is exposed to radiation, whereby the coalescent agent at least partially cures the portion of the sinterable material in contact with the coalescent agent, and the modifying agent i) reduces curing of the portion of the sinterable material in contact with both the coalescent agent and the modifying agent ii) prevents curing of the other portion of the sinterable material in contact with the modifying agent, or iii) both i and ii.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Howard S. Tom, Hou T. Ng, Lihua Zhao, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Krzysztof Nauka, Yan Zhao
  • Patent number: 9702821
    Abstract: According to an example, methods for forming three-dimensional (3-D) nano-particle assemblies may include depositing surface-enhanced spectroscopy (SES) elements onto respective tips of nano-fingers, in which the nano-fingers are arranged in sufficiently close proximities to each other to enable the tips of groups of adjacent ones of the nano-fingers to come into sufficiently close proximities to each other to enable the SES elements on the tips to be bonded together when the nano-fingers are partially collapsed. The methods also include causing the nano-fingers to partially collapse toward adjacent ones of the nano-fingers to cause a plurality of SES elements on respective groups of the nano-fingers to be in relatively close proximities to each other and form respective clusters of SES elements, introducing additional particles that are to attach onto the clusters of SES elements, and causing the clusters of SES elements to detach from the nano-fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Lihua Zhao, Steven J. Barcelo, Zhiyong Li
  • Publication number: 20170076077
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, an unlocked mobile device is configured to capture images, analyze the images to detect a user's face, and automatically lock the device in response to determining that a user's face does not appear in the images. The camera capturing and face recognition processing may be triggered by the device having detected that it has been motionless for a threshold period of time. In another embodiment, a locked mobile device is configured to capture an initial image using its camera, capture a new image in response to detecting movement of the device, determine that the device moved to a use position, capture a subsequent image in response to determining that the device moved to a use position, analyze the subsequent image to detect a user's face, and unlock the device in response to detecting the user's face. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Lihua Zhao, Richard Tsai
  • Publication number: 20160370726
    Abstract: In an example of a method for making polymer-encapsulated metallic ink pigment particles, a layer of a transparent resin dispersion is disposed on a flexible substrate. The resin dispersion layer is substantially dried, and a base resin layer is formed. A slurry is disposed onto the base resin layer. The slurry includes metallic pigment particles and polymer particles dispersed in a non-aqueous carrier. The slurry is dried to form a metallic pigment-polymer sheet. Another layer of the transparent resin dispersion is disposed on the metallic pigment-polymer sheet and is dried. A coating resin layer is formed. The metallic pigment-polymer sheet and the base and coating transparent resin layers form a tri-layer film having the metallic pigment particles encapsulated between the base and coating transparent resin layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Lihua Zhao, Yan Zhao, Doris Chun, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Hou T. Ng, Albert Teishev
  • Patent number: 9522870
    Abstract: Asymmetrical 2,5-disubstituted-1,4-diaminobenzenes are provided, along with a process for forming both symmetrical and asymmetrical 2,5-disubstituted-1,4-diaminobenzenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Si-Ty Lam, Lihua Zhao
  • Patent number: 9482970
    Abstract: An organic photoconductor includes: a conductive substrate; a charge generation layer formed on the conductive substrate; a charge transport layer formed on the charge generation layer; and a protective coating formed on the charge transport layer. The protective coating comprises nanoparticles incorporated in an in-situ cross-linked polymer matrix. A process for increasing mechanical strength in an organic photoconductor is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Krzysztof Nauka, Zhang-Lin Zhou, Lihua Zhao
  • Publication number: 20160312037
    Abstract: A polymeric powder composition for three-dimensional printing includes first, second, and third polymeric particles. The first particles, having a first average size, are present in an amount ranging from about 70 wt % to about 95 wt %. The second particles, having a second average size smaller than the first average size, are present in an amount ranging from about 0.5 wt % to about 21 wt %. The third particles, having a third average size smaller than the second average size, are present in an amount ranging from greater than 0 wt % up to about 21 wt %. Each of the first, second, and third average sizes independently ranges from 5 ?m to about 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Lihua Zhao, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Yan Zhao, Krzysztof Nauka, Howard S. Tom, Hou T. Ng
  • Patent number: 9477829
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, an unlocked mobile device is configured to capture images, analyze the images to detect a user's face, and automatically lock the device in response to determining that a user's face does not appear in the images. The camera capturing and face recognition processing may be triggered by the device having detected that it has been motionless for a threshold period of time. In another embodiment, a locked mobile device is configured to capture an initial image using its camera, capture a new image in response to detecting movement of the device, determine that the device moved to a use position, capture a subsequent image in response to determining that the device moved to a use position, analyze the subsequent image to detect a user's face, and unlock the device in response to detecting the user's face. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lihua Zhao, Richard Tsai
  • Patent number: 9376446
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards emissive dendrimer compositions, luminescence-based pixels, luminescence-based sub-pixels, and associated methods with an emissive dendrimer having various structures as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Gary Gibson, Lihua Zhao
  • Publication number: 20160056379
    Abstract: An example provides a method for forming an apparatus including a substrate imprinted with a pattern for forming isolated device regions. A method may include imprinting an unpatterned area of a substrate with a pattern to form a patterned substrate having a plurality of recessed regions at a first level and a plurality of elevated regions at a second level, and depositing a first layer of conductive material over the patterned substrate with a plurality of breaks to form a plurality of bottom electrodes. The method may include depositing a layer of an active stack, with a second layer of conductive material, over the plurality of bottom electrodes to form a plurality of devices on the plurality of recessed regions isolated from each other by the plurality of elevated regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: James A. BRUG, Lihua ZHAO, Carl A. TAUSSIG
  • Patent number: 9235147
    Abstract: An alcohol-soluble organic coating including a hole transport material formed on a surface of organic photoconductor is provided. The coating comprises a cationic alternate fluorene-based copolymer with phosphonium salt terminal groups embedded in an in-situ cross-linked polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Krzysztof Nauka, Lihua Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150355093
    Abstract: According to an example, methods for forming three-dimensional (3-D) nano-particle assemblies may include depositing surface-enhanced spectroscopy (SES) elements onto respective tips of nano-fingers, in which the nano-fingers are arranged in sufficiently close proximities to each other to enable the tips of groups of adjacent ones of the nano-fingers to come into sufficiently close proximities to each other to enable the SES elements on the tips to be bonded together when the nano-fingers are partially collapsed. The methods also include causing the nano-fingers to partially collapse toward adjacent ones of the nano-fingers to cause a plurality of SES elements on respective groups of the nano-fingers to be in relatively close proximities to each other and form respective clusters of SES elements, introducing additional particles that are to attach onto the clusters of SES elements, and causing the clusters of SES elements to detach from the nano-fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Zhang-Lin ZHOU, Lihua ZHAO, Steven J. BARCELO, Zhiyong LI
  • Patent number: 9116451
    Abstract: A doped protective coating for extending a lifetime of an organic photoconductor is provided. The coating includes an in-situ cross-linked polymer matrix and a substantially uniformly distributed dopant therein. The dopant comprises a charge transport molecular species. A process for coating the organic photoconductor and a coated organic photoconductor are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Krzystof Nauka, Zhang-Lin Zhou, Lihua Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150193611
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, an unlocked mobile device is configured to capture images, analyze the images to detect a user's face, and automatically lock the device in response to determining that a user's face does not appear in the images. The camera capturing and face recognition processing may be triggered by the device having detected that it has been motionless for a threshold period of time. In another embodiment, a locked mobile device is configured to capture an initial image using its camera, capture a new image in response to detecting movement of the device, determine that the device moved to a use position, capture a subsequent image in response to determining that the device moved to a use position, analyze the subsequent image to detect a user's face, and unlock the device in response to detecting the user's face. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Lihua Zhao, Richard Tsai
  • Patent number: 8994499
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, an unlocked mobile device is configured to capture images, analyze the images to detect a user's face, and automatically lock the device in response to determining that a user's face does not appear in the images. The camera capturing and face recognition processing may be triggered by the device having detected that it has been motionless for a threshold period of time. In another embodiment, a locked mobile device is configured to capture an initial image using its camera, capture a new image in response to detecting movement of the device, determine that the device moved to a use position, capture a subsequent image in response to determining that the device moved to a use position, analyze the subsequent image to detect a user's face, and unlock the device in response to detecting the user's face. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lihua Zhao, Richard Tsai
  • Patent number: 8980511
    Abstract: An organic photoconductor includes a conductive substrate; a charge generation layer over the conductive substrate; a charge transport layer over the charge generation layer; and an overcoat layer over the charge transport layer. The overcoat layer comprises a cross-linked polyacrylate that includes a charge transport material dispersed therein and a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Krzysztof Nauka, Lihua Zhao, Anthony William McLennan