Patents by Inventor Ming Lei

Ming Lei 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).

  • Patent number: 12271478
    Abstract: A computer program product and computer-implemented method include operations including identifying a software update payload that is available for distribution and identifying compatibility data for the software update payload, wherein the compatibility data identifies configurations of a computing device that are compatible with the software update payload. The operations further include forming an update package that includes the software update payload and the compatibility data, digitally signing the update package, and providing the signed update package to one or more computing devices over a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Lenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Allison Bower, III, Caihong Zhang, Ming Lei
  • Patent number: 12264258
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film such as without limitation a silicon carbide, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film on at least a surface of a substrate having a surface feature. In one aspect, the silicon-containing films are deposited using the co-deposition of an at least one first compound comprising a C—C double or C—C triple bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond N. Vrtis, Robert G. Ridgeway, Xinjian Lei, Ming Li, Manchao Xiao
  • Patent number: 12248619
    Abstract: A computer program product includes a non-transitory computer readable medium and program instructions embodied therein. An apparatus includes a non-transitory data storage device storing program instructions and at least one processor configured to process the program instructions. The program instructions are configured to, when processed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform various operations. The operations may include monitoring a tamper-detection sensor of an edge device, wherein the edge device performs a tamper-prevention operation in response to an output signal from the tamper-detection sensor. The operations may further include detecting entry of an authorized person into a facility where the edge device is located and automatically sending a disabling instruction to the edge device to cause the edge device to temporarily disable the tamper-prevention operation of the edge device in response to detecting entry of the authorized person into the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventors: Fred Allison Bower, III, Caihong Zhang, Ming Lei
  • Publication number: 20250077588
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving copies of notes that were originally recorded by participants, the notes corresponding to a source document. Note fragments in the received copies of notes are identified and one or more machine learning models are used to compare the identified note fragments to pages and paragraphs in the source document that the respective note fragments are located in. Based at least in part on the comparison, the identified note fragments are merged with a copy of the source document to form a pseudo-source document. Furthermore, the pseudo-source document is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Chen, Ming Lei Zhang, Yuan Jie Zhang, Yin Xi Guo, Ting Ting Zhan
  • Publication number: 20250076411
    Abstract: A multifunctional line finder for miniature circuit breaker includes an emitter and a receiver, in which the emitter includes an emitting module for emitting line-finding signal and an LNG line-order detection module, the emitting module includes a main control unit, a strong electricity line-finding emitting unit, and a network line-finding emitting unit, the receiver includes a receiving module, an operational amplifier module, a signal processing module, and an audio drive module, a line-finding signal output end of the emitting module is connected to a line-finding signal input end of the receiving module, a signal detecting output end of the LNG line-order detection module is connected to a signal detecting input end of the receiving module, a signal receiving output end of the receiving module is connected to a signal receiving input end of the operational amplifier module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventor: Ming Lei
  • Publication number: 20250071238
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one approach, includes: receiving a request to add a subset of participants on a group call to a private communication channel. The group call includes a shared communication channel extending between the participants, the shared communication channel being configured to exchange information between the participants. The method further includes evaluating statuses of the participants in the subset. Moreover, in response to determining that the participants in the subset are not already included on a different private communication channel, and that the participants in the subset are not actively being added to a different private communication channel, the subset of participants are added to the private communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Dong Chen, Ming Lei Zhang, Ting Ting Zhan, Yuan Jie Zhang, Yin Xi Guo
  • Publication number: 20250064122
    Abstract: A porous body, an atomizer, and an electronic atomization device are provided. The atomizer includes: a liquid storage cavity for storing a liquid substrate; a porous body in fluid communication with the liquid storage cavity to receive the liquid substrate; and a heating element bonded to the porous body to heat at least part of the liquid substrate in the porous body to generate an aerosol. A volume of micropores in the porous body having a pore size greater than 30 ?m accounts for 40% or more of a volume of all micropores in the porous body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming CHEN, Baoling LEI, Zhongli XU, Yonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20250052362
    Abstract: Methods and systems of tool-free adjustment of torque used to maintain the viewing angle of a display stand are performed. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a device having a platform hingedly coupled to a base. A bar rotatably supported by the base includes a left-hand threaded portion, a right-hand threaded portion, and a grip configured to enable simultaneous rotation of both threaded portions. A first nut is in threaded engagement with the left-hand threaded portion, and a second nut is in threaded engagement with the right-hand threaded portion. A first spring is coupled to the first nut and the platform, and a second spring is coupled to the second nut and the platform. When the bar is rotated via the grip, the first and second nuts move in opposing directions to enable simultaneous tension adjustment of the first and second springs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jui Chieh Guo, Ming Lei Lin, Chenming Hsu, Yu Fen Hung
  • Publication number: 20250045036
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving an initial sequence of operational instructions configured to update software programming in an electronic device. Contradicting ones of the operational instructions in the initial sequence are identified, and differences between the contradicting operational instructions are compared. As a result, the contradicting operational instructions are rectified by modifying the initial sequence of operational instructions. The software programming in the electronic device is also updated by implementing the modified sequence of operational instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Dong Chen, Ming Lei Zhang, Ting Ting Zhan, Yuan Jie Zhang, Yin Xi Guo
  • Patent number: 12213241
    Abstract: A circuit package may comprise (1) a substrate, (2) at least one radio frequency (RF) circuit disposed on the substrate, and (3) a plurality of screw holes that are incorporated into the substrate and configured to support mounting the substrate to an enclosure, wherein at least one of the screw holes is further configured to provide at least one supplemental function in connection with the RF circuit. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Qiuming Li, Colden Niles Eldridge, Ming Lei, Yibo Liu, Md Rashidul Islam, Sung Hoon Oh
  • Patent number: 12211439
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes a base substrate and a plurality of pixel circuits disposed on the base substrate. At least two pixel circuits in a same column are coupled with a same first initial power line, such that only a small quantity of signal lines need to be disposed on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: Mianyang BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin Xiong, Xin Cao, Jenyu Lee, Haoyuan Fan, Zifeng Wang, Jie Tu, Tianlong Zhao, Ming Lei, Yanchun Xie, Zongying Liu
  • Patent number: 12211065
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing conversion path performance measures and reports. In one aspect, user interaction data are obtained, were the user interaction data specify user interactions for a plurality of conversions. User interactions that are associated with each conversion are selected from the user interaction data, where the associated user interactions for each conversion are user interactions with a converting user during the conversion cycle for the conversion. Using the user interaction data for the selected user interactions, a quantity of user interactions that are associated with each conversion and occurred during the conversion cycle for the conversion are determined. In turn, conversion path performance measures are computed and reports specifying the conversion path performance measures are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sissie Ling-le Hsiao, Chao Cai, Eric W. Ewald, Cameron M. Tangney, Robert A. Walker, II, Japjit Tulsi, Ming Lei, Zhimin He
  • Publication number: 20250002599
    Abstract: The disclosure provides binding proteins that bind PD-L1 and CD137 (PD-L1/CD137 bispecific), binding proteins that bind PD-L1 and TGF? (PD-L1/TGF? bispecific), binding proteins that bind PD-L1, TGF?, and CD137 (PD-L1/TGF?/CD137 trispecific), and binding proteins that bind CD137, TGF?, and PD-L1 (CD137/TGF?/PD-L1 trispecific). The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these binding proteins, and methods of their use to treat and/or prevent cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Yi Pei, Haichun Huang, Yick Loi, Chang Hung Chen, Han Li, Di SHEN, Ming LEI
  • Publication number: 20240411536
    Abstract: Techniques according to the present disclosure may include receiving, at a computer, a command for performing an action on a first image layer of a first container repository. A second container repository is determined which has a dependency on the first container repository, based on a dependency graph storing dependencies of a plurality of container repositories. The action is performed on the first image layer of the first container repository and a corresponding action on a second image layer of the second container repository based on the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Le Yue, Xiao Ling Chen, Si Yu Chen, Han Wen Zhu, Qing Yu Pei, Ming Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12164997
    Abstract: A barcode reading application for a general-purpose computing device includes a motion detection module in addition to a decoding module. The motion detection module is configured to process image frames captured by a camera of the computing device for the purpose of performing motion detection. The barcode reading application can be configured so that the decoding module does not process captured image frames until motion has been detected in the camera's field of view. Because fewer processing resources are required for motion detection than for barcode reading, including motion detection capability in the barcode reading application can reduce processor usage in the computing device compared to a scenario where the decoding module is constantly processing captured image frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: THE CODE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming Lei, Joerg-Thomas Rissmann
  • Publication number: 20240403026
    Abstract: An operating system update method includes: during a computer equipment power-on startup stage, controlling a system boot processor to interrupt a computer equipment startup process; querying first system version information of a data processing unit (DPU) operating system (OS) in the computer equipment; in response to determining that the first system version information does not match second system version information of a current host OS in the computer equipment, obtaining a system image file of the DPU OS that matches the host OS; controlling DPU to update the DPU OS according to the system image file and restart DPU; and controlling the system boot processor to continue the computer equipment startup process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipeng GAO, Ming LEI, Zheng SUN
  • Publication number: 20240406133
    Abstract: An information processing method includes, when determining that a target node in a to-be-processed chassis is used as a management node of the to-be-processed chassis, obtaining a virtual address and assigning the virtual address to the target node, notifying a subnet corresponding to the to-be-processed chassis with the virtual address, and performing communication with a target programmable module of the to-be-processed chassis through the target node and management on data of the to-be-processed chassis. The virtual address is used to inform that the target node is the management node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Chih Wei WU, Ming LEI, Chun Hsiang CHOU, Chekim CHHUOR
  • Patent number: 12158492
    Abstract: Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) can be used to interrogate a surface such as a surface of a layered semiconductor structure on a semiconductor wafer. In some instances, SHG is used to evaluate an interfacial region such as between metal and oxide. Various parameters such as input polarization, output polarization, and azimuthal angle of incident beam, may affect the SHG signal. Accordingly, such parameters are varied for different types of patterns on the wafer. SHG metrology on various test structures may also assist in characterizing a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: FemtoMetrix, Inc.
    Inventor: Ming Lei
  • Publication number: 20240394299
    Abstract: A method for correcting translation errors when performing GUI globalization testing is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method takes a screenshot of a graphical user interface (GUI). The method further enables a user to select text in the screenshot. In certain embodiments, one or more of the text and coordinates associated with the text are stored in picture attributes associated with the screenshot. In response to the selection, the method automatically retrieves a file in which at least some portion of the text is contained. The method automatically locates, within the file, the portion, and enables the user to update the portion in the file in order to update corresponding text in the graphical user interface. In certain embodiments, the method provides a probability percentage associated with the file that indicates a probability that the text in the file links to the selected text in the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Chen, Ming Lei Zhang, Yuan Jie Zhang, Yin Xi Guo, Ting Ting Zhan
  • Patent number: 12154545
    Abstract: In various embodiments, this application provides an audio information processing method, an audio information processing apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. An audio information processing method in an embodiment includes: obtaining a first audio feature corresponding to audio information; performing, based on an audio feature at a specified moment in the first audio feature and audio features adjacent to the audio feature at the specified moment, an encoding on the audio feature at the specified moment to obtain a second audio feature corresponding to the audio information; obtaining decoded text information corresponding to the audio information; and obtaining, based on the second audio features and the decoded text information, text information corresponding to the audio information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Shiliang Zhang, Ming Lei