Patents by Inventor Mei Yang
Mei Yang 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).
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Patent number: 11973040Abstract: A method is provided for forming an integrated circuit (IC) chip package structure. The method includes providing a substrate for an interposer, and forming a conductive interconnect structure in and on the substrate for connecting a group of selected IC dies. The method includes forming warpage-reducing trenches in non-routing regions of the interposer, wherein the warpage-reducing trenches are sized and positioned based on a warpage characteristic to reduce the warpage of the chip package structure. The method also includes depositing a warpage-relief material in the warpage-reducing trenches according to the warpage characteristic to reduce the warpage of the chip package structure, and bonding the group of selected IC dies to the interposer to form a chip package structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tsung-Yang Hsieh, Chien-Chang Lee, Chia-Ping Lai, Wen-Chung Lu, Cheng-Kang Huang, Mei-Shih Kuo, Alice Huang
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Patent number: 11968983Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a tobacco leaf foliar spraying substance for reducing harmful ingredients in cheroot, a method for reducing carcinogenic components in flue-cured tobacco leaves and flue-cured tobacco shreds. The tobacco leaf foliar spraying substance contains a lotus leaf extract, the harmful chemical ingredients comprise N-nitrosonornicotine, 4-(N-methyl-nitrosamine)-1-(3-pyridinyl)-1-butanone, N-nitrosoanabasine and N-nitrosoanatabine. Foliar spraying is performed on a fertile field by using the lotus leaf extract before tobacco leaves are harvested and modulated, which not only significantly promotesagronomic characters and economic traits of tobacco and alleviates tobacco leaf browning but also effectively reduces harmful chemical ingredients unique to tobacco leaves, such as nitrosamine and nicotine.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: HUBEI INSTITUTE OF TOBACCO SCIENCEInventors: Chunlei Yang, Jinpeng Yang, Jun Zhou, Mei Yang, Yong Yang, Jun Yu, Zongping Li, Xiongfei Rao, Guangjiong Qin, Baoming Qiao, Ruoshi Bai, Yanjun Ma, Xianbao Deng, Wenzhang Qin, Kaixiao Fan, Candong Deng, Yongle Wei, Youlun Fan
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Patent number: 11964316Abstract: A method for reducing odor in remediation of pesticide chemical contaminated soil comprises preparing odor control sustained-release particles and evenly covering on the surface of the pesticide chemical contaminated soil according to a certain dosage; preparing odor covering base materials and mixed bacterial solution, and preparing the odor covering soil by mixing the odor covering base materials and mixed bacterial solution in proportion, and then covering the odor covering soil on the surface of the pesticide chemical contaminated soil; and inserting heating rods into the pesticide chemical contaminated soil, and heating the surface layer of the pesticide chemical contaminated soil to 30-40° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, MEEInventors: Shengtian Zhang, Mei Li, Lu Yang, Jinzhong Wan, Qun Li, Tingting Fan, Yan Zhou, Yuanchao Zhao, Xiang Wang
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Publication number: 20240127507Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing method and an image processing apparatus. The image processing method including replacing an object in a scene image with a preset template image to generate a virtual image; dividing the scene image into a plurality of image blocks with a preset size; determining pixel residuals of the scene image according to an average pixel value of pixel points in an area where the object is located in the scene image and an average pixel value of pixel points falling into the area where the object is located in each of the plurality of image blocks; determining illumination offsets according to the pixel residuals; and updating pixel values of pixel points in the virtual image according to the illumination offsets to implement illumination transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Fangru ZHOU, Mei YANG, Shan AN
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Publication number: 20240124469Abstract: A compound having a structure as shown in general formula (I), a deuterated compound, a stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising same, and use thereof. The compound has a good PIM kinase inhibitory effect, is a novel and ideal PIM inhibitor having high activity and low toxicity, and can be used for treating and/or preventing hematoma such as acute myeloid leukemia, bone marrow fibrosis and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, solid tumors such as gastric cancer and prostate cancer, and other diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Xin YANG, Rong CUI, Jianming YIN, Mei ZHENG, Nanyu CHEN, Yubin LV
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Patent number: 11955852Abstract: Presented are oleophilic surface treatments for electric machines, methods for making/using such electric machines, and vehicles employing traction motors having stator windings with oleophilic treatments on select surfaces. An electric machine includes an outer housing with a direct-cooling thermal management system fluidly connected to the housing to circulate thereto a coolant fluid. A stator assembly, which is attached to the housing, includes a stator core with one or more electromagnetic windings mounted to the stator core. A rotor assembly is movably mounted to the hosing adjacent the stator assembly. The rotor assembly includes a rotor core with one or more magnets mounted to the rotor core spaced, e.g., across an air gap, from the winding(s). Select components of the stator assembly have a target surface with an oleophilic surface treatment that enlarges the target surface's wetted area and increases a coolant mass of the coolant fluid contacting the target surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: SeungHwan Keum, Mei Yang, Neal Parsons, Ruth Herrera Reed
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Patent number: 11950371Abstract: A method for manufacturing a transparent circuit board includes the following steps. A composite substrate including a conductive layer and a transparent insulating layer on the conductive layer is provided. A wiring groove is formed on the transparent insulating layer by laser ablation and a carbon black layer is formed on an inner wall of the wiring groove. The wiring groove penetrates the transparent insulating layer, the wiring groove extends toward the conductive layer to pass through a part of the conductive layer. A conductive wiring corresponding to the wiring groove is formed and fully fills the wiring groove. A black oxide treatment is performed on a surface of the conductive wiring facing away from the conductive layer to form a blackened layer. A transparent cover film is pressed on a side of the transparent insulating layer facing away from the conductive layer. The conductive layer is removed.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: HongQiSheng Precision Electronics (QinHuangDao) Co., Ltd., Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited.Inventors: Cheng-Jia Li, Mei Yang
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Patent number: 11948971Abstract: A method includes forming isolations extending into a semiconductor substrate, recessing the isolation regions, wherein a semiconductor region between the isolation regions forms a semiconductor fin, forming a first dielectric layer on the isolation regions and the semiconductor fin, forming a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, planarizing the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer, and recessing the first dielectric layer. A portion of the second dielectric layer protrudes higher than remaining portions of the first dielectric layer to form a protruding dielectric fin. A portion of the semiconductor fin protrudes higher than the remaining portions of the first dielectric layer to form a protruding semiconductor fin. A portion of the protruding semiconductor fin is recessed to form a recess, from which an epitaxy semiconductor region is grown. The epitaxy semiconductor region expands laterally to contact a sidewall of the protruding dielectric fin.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Jeng-Wei Yu, Tsz-Mei Kwok, Tsung-Hsi Yang, Li-Wei Chou, Ming-Hua Yu
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Publication number: 20240099920Abstract: A method for controlling a device for automatically adjusting an airway opening body position is provided. The device includes a horizontal base plate, a head support block, a back support plate, a neck support apparatus, a head cover assembly, and a programmable logic controller (PLC). The neck support apparatus is positioned between the head support block and the back support plate. The PLC is configured to controls a stroke of an electric cylinder according to the following equations: ?=1.235?+?, and ?=KX+B+C, where ? is a body position angle, the body position angle is an angle between a positive projection line of a connecting line from a mandibular angle to an external acoustic meatus on a symmetrical surface of a human body and the back support plate, and ? is a preset value ranging from 90° to 100°.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: XIANG-MEI YANG, MIN-YUE SUN, HONG-MEI CHEN, YAN LUO, JUN WU, JUAN HUANG, DONG-MEI LI, QING ZENG, JING ZHOU, JING WEN, JIN-JIN GUO
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Publication number: 20240093017Abstract: Disclosed is a recycled polystyrene (PS) plastic film prepared from 100% of a waste PS plastic or prepared from a waste PS plastic and a modification material, where a content of the waste PS plastic is greater than or equal to 1% and less than 100% and a content of the modification material is greater than 0% and less than or equal to 99%. The preparation of the recycled PS plastic film with the waste PS plastic can save resources. In addition, the waste PS plastic is modified by the modification material to improve the performance of the plastic, which is conducive to preparation of an acousto-magnetic (AM) anti-theft label housing with excellent performance. Also disclosed are a preparation method of the recycled PS plastic film, an AM anti-theft label housing made of the recycled PS plastic film and a preparation method thereof, and a corresponding AM anti-theft label.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Shu Zhang, Lijing Yu, Na Liao, Mei Yang
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Publication number: 20240087079Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing method and an image processing apparatus. The image processing method including: performing line detection on a boundary of an object in a scene image to obtain a plurality of candidate lines; taking one of the plurality of the candidate lines, which has the largest number of pixels overlapping with the boundary, as a first reference line; generating a minimum bounding rectangle of the object in the scene image; generating a transformed area, wherein each of four vertexes of the minimum bounding rectangle is on one of four sidelines of the transformed area; transforming a preset image into the transformed area to generate a transformed image; and overlaying the object with the transformed image to update the scene image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Mei YANG, Fangru ZHOU, Shan AN
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Publication number: 20240068387Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for preparing a catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide. The process includes providing a zeolitic material comprising SiO2 and X2O3 in its framework structure, wherein X is a trivalent element; subjecting the zeolitic material to an ion exchange procedure with one or more copper (II) containing compounds; preparing a slurry comprising the Cu ion-exchanged zeolitic material, one or more iron (II) and/or iron (III) containing compounds, and a solvent system; providing a substrate and coating the slurry onto the substrate; and calcining the coated substrate. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide, an exhaust gas treatment system for the treatment of exhaust gas exiting from an internal combustion engine, and a method for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Jeff H. Yang, Wen-Mei Xue, Stanley A. Roth
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Patent number: 11902644Abstract: A camera module includes a holder, a lens in the holder, magnets disposed on an outer wall of the holder, and a circuit board assembly. The circuit board assembly includes an outer wiring substrate, and first and second inner wiring substrates spaced out on a surface of the outer wiring substrate. The first inner wiring substrate surrounds the holder and includes a first dielectric layer and a first inner wiring layer thereon. The first inner wiring layer includes coils of wound wire in the first inner wiring layer, and each of the coils corresponds to one of the magnets. The second inner wiring substrate includes a second inner wiring layer, a thickness of each of the coils is greater than a thickness of the second inner wiring layer. A method for manufacturing the camera module is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: QING DING PRECISION ELECTRONICS (HUAIAN) CO., LTD, Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited.Inventors: Jun Dai, Mei Yang, Ming-Jaan Ho
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Publication number: 20240018567Abstract: Presented herein are methods and compositions for the detection of specific beta-lactamases, including class A serine carbapenemases, metallo-beta-lactamases, AmpC beta-lactamases, and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs). The methods presented herein include methods that permit the detection of the presence of specific beta-lactamases in bacterial samples within as few as 2 to 10 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Mei Yang-Woytowitz, Charles Yu, Timothy Wiles
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Patent number: 11845919Abstract: A container for culturing a blood sample. The container has a reservoir that is no larger than about 40 ml in volume with culture media therein varying in amount by volume 0.5 ml to about 20 ml. The container is adapted to receive a blood sample drawn from a patient, wherein the blood volume is about 1 ml to about 20 ml. In some embodiments the ratio of blood volume to culture media volume is about 2:1 to about 1:2 and the volume of blood does not exceed about 10 ml. In some embodiments, the media is lytic media. A method for using the container to culture a blood sample is also contemplated. In such method, the container is inoculated with the blood sample. In certain embodiments, the volume of the blood sample does not exceed 10 mls.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANYInventors: Mei Yang-Woytowitz, Song Shi, Xiaofei Chang, James Y. Zhou, Michael A. Brasch
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Patent number: 11840719Abstract: An apparatus and associated methods of use for a controlled combination of reagents is disclosed. The apparatus includes a vessel 400, a vessel insert 220, and a cap element 200. The vessel 400 has a body portion 410 for receiving a biological sample. The vessel insert 220 receives at least one reagent therein. Preferably, the vessel insert 220 is received in a portion 420 of the vessel 400. The cap element 200 is attached to the vessel 400 to secure the vessel insert 220 in the vessel 400. During use, the vessel insert 220 is adapted to release its contents when the biological sample is introduced into the body portion 410 of the vessel 400 upon application of an intermixing force to the vessel insert 220. A variety of intermixing forces may be applied, depending upon the embodiment of the present invention and its associated methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANYInventors: Mei Yang-Woytowitz, Brent Pohl, Gary F. Hershner, Dwight Livingston, Eric Ursprung, Gerard Lotz, Kevin Bailey, Ammon David Lentz, Michael A. Brasch, Ming-hsiung Yeh, Patrick Shawn Beaty, Charles C. Yu, Timothy M. Wiles, Liping Feng, Ben Turng, Xiaofei Chang, Patrick R. Murray
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Patent number: 11835455Abstract: The invention discloses an atomic fluorescence analysis method and device using water as a carrier fluid, belonging to the atomic fluorescence analysis in the field of analytical chemistry; the method is to replace hydrochloric acid and a reducing agent with water as the carrier fluid in the conventional sampling and fluid delivery process to carry the test liquid and reagent into the reactor to complete a reaction. The invention effectively overcomes the memory effect by using water as the carrier fluid and improves the determination sensitivity and accuracy, which saves a large amount of high-purity hydrochloric acid and reducing agent at the same time, greatly reducing the analysis cost, and significantly improving the operating environment, which is the innovation of atomic fluorescence analysis technology.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CHONGQING MINTAI NEW AGROTECH DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Mei Yang, Zhixiang Gong, Hui Gong
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Patent number: 11829225Abstract: Embodiments may include systems, techniques, methods, apparatus and/or device to receive an input selecting one or more areas of a display of the computing device, leaving one or more other areas of the display unselected, and to apply a masking layer to mask either pixels of the one or more selected areas or pixels of the one or more unselected areas to cause the masked pixels to be dimmed, to reduce power consumption by the display. Embodiments may further include where the one or more of the selected areas include a focus area of interest, and to apply the masking layer to mask pixels of the one or more unselected areas to cause the masked pixels to be dimmed. Embodiments may be implemented via software without directly interacting with hardware. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Lunkai Zou, Hua-Mei Yang, Yiming He, Feng-Ming Yang, Ajay Saini, Ahmed Omer
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Publication number: 20230378923Abstract: In an embodiment, an amplifier circuit includes a second stage that includes a first switch circuit including first and second terminals, a plurality of resistive elements coupled between the first and second terminals of the first switch circuit, and a plurality of switches configured to control an equivalent resistance between the first and second terminals of the first switch circuit. During play mode, the second stage has a gain between the input of the second stage and the output of the second stage of a first value. During a transition from mute mode to play mode, the amplifier circuit is configured to progressively increase the gain of the second stage from a second value to the first value. During a transition from play mode to mute mode, the amplifier circuit is configured to progressively decrease the gain of the second stage from the first value to the second value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Jian Wen, Davide Luigi Brambilla, Qiyu Liu, Mei Yang, Shuming Tong, Francesco Stilgenbauer
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Patent number: D1024051Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Hui-Jung Huang, Hong-Kuan Li, I-Lun Li, Ling-Mei Kuo, Kuan-Ju Chen, Fang-Ying Huang, Kai-Hung Huang, Szu-Wei Yang, Kai-Teng Cheng