Patents by Inventor Ming So

Ming So 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: 20240094555
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are taught that provide reconfigurable components for eyewear devices. A reconfigurable component for use in an eyewear device, includes a first temple. The first temple is configured for use with the eyewear device. The first temple further includes a first engagement portion. The first temple includes a first temple insert module (TIM). The first temple insert module is releasably couplable with the first engagement portion. The reconfigurable component can include at least one of a sensor and a display. The first temple insert module further includes a first wireless communication system. The first wireless communication system is configured to communicate wirelessly with a user device. The first temple insert module further includes a processor and a first speaker. The processor is configured to receive an input from at least one of the sensor and the first wireless communication system and to generate an output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Solos Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming So, Kwok Wah Law, Wai Kuen Cheung
  • Publication number: 20240094556
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are taught that provide assistance to a user through an eyewear device. Data is received from a first sensor. The first sensor is incorporated into an eyewear device. The first sensor measures a parameter related to the user. A state of the user is analyzed using the data. Assistance is provided to the user. The assistance is in a form of feedback, and the feedback is related to the state of the user. The assistance can also be related to a context of the user and a state of the user. The context of the user is determined from the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Solos Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming So, Kwok Wah Law, Wai Kuen Cheung
  • Publication number: 20240085724
    Abstract: A behind the neck module assembly for an eyewear device, comprising an electronics pod having a wireless communication system and a processor, a left smart cord and a right smart chord, a left temple interlock, the left temple interlock containing a left speaker, and a right temple interlock, the right temple interlock containing a right speaker, wherein the left smart cord connects the electronics pod and the left temple interlock, the right smart cord connects the electronics pod and the right temple interlock, in operation when a left temple is coupled with the left temple interlock and a right temple is coupled with the right temple interlock, the wireless communication system receives data and provides an input signal to the processor, the processor provides an output to the right speaker and the left speaker such that a user can hear an audio signal from speakers on both sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Solos Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming So, Kwok Wah Law, Wai Kuen Cheung
  • Publication number: 20240077749
    Abstract: Smart glasses and position adjusting end piece thereof are provided. The smart glasses include: a wearing body provided with a connecting wire, wherein two ends of the connecting wire extend out of two sides of the wearing body respectively; position adjusting end pieces installed on the two sides of the wearing body, which can be rotated around a first direction relative to the wearing body within a first angle range and maintained at any position within the first angle range, and further can be rotated around a second direction relative to the wearing body within a second angle range and maintained at any position within the second angle range; and hinges installed on an end of the position adjusting end pieces away from the wearing body and are electrically connected to the connecting wire. The smart glasses can fine-tune the shape and adjust the size of the whole smart glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Wai Kuen Cheung, Kwok Wah Law, Chiu Ming So, Chiu Kan Tsang
  • Patent number: 11871174
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are taught that provide audio signals to a user from an eyewear device utilizing a personal projection micro speaker system. A method includes generating audio signals within a chamber. The chamber is a part of a volume of the eyewear device. The audio signals are concentrated for delivery to the user's ear. The audio signals are transmitted to the user's ear through a port in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SOLOS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming So, Kwok Wah Law, Wai Kuen Cheung
  • Patent number: 11835798
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are taught that provide assistance to a user through an eyewear device. Data is received from a first sensor. The first sensor is incorporated into an eyewear device. The first sensor measures a parameter related to the user. A state of the user is analyzed using the data. Assistance is provided to the user. The assistance is in a form of feedback, and the feedback is related to the state of the user. The assistance can also be related to a context of the user and a state of the user. The context of the user is determined from the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SOLOS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming So, Kwok Wah Law, Wai Kuen Cheung
  • Patent number: 11796833
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are taught that provide reconfigurable components for eyewear devices. A reconfigurable component for use in an eyewear device, includes a first temple. The first temple is configured for use with the eyewear device. The first temple further includes a first engagement portion. The first temple includes a first temple insert module (TIM). The first temple insert module is releasably couplable with the first engagement portion. The reconfigurable component can include at least one of a sensor and a display. The first temple insert module further includes a first wireless communication system. The first wireless communication system is configured to communicate wirelessly with a user device. The first temple insert module further includes a processor and a first speaker. The processor is configured to receive an input from at least one of the sensor and the first wireless communication system and to generate an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SOLOS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming So, Kwok Wah Law, Wai Kuen Cheung
  • Publication number: 20230324709
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are taught that provide reconfigurable components for eyewear devices. A reconfigurable component for use in an eyewear device includes an embedded electronics system. The embedded electronics system is configured for wireless communication and for processing sensor signals. The embedded electronics system is embedded into a component of the eyewear device. A plurality of sensors is embedded into one or more of the reconfigurable component and the eyewear device. The plurality is in electrical communication with the embedded electronics system. The embedded electronic system further includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive outputs from the plurality of sensors and to determine a system control parameter from an output of at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SOLOS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming SO, Kwok Wah LAW, Wai Kuen CHEUNG
  • Publication number: 20230266802
    Abstract: The present application provides an easy-disassemble smart wearables and a connecting assembly thereof. The easy-disassemble smart wearables includes a first component, a second component, a third component and the connecting assembly. The connecting assembly includes a connecting wire, a first smart hinge and a second smart hinge. The connecting wire is embedded in the first component. A first end of the first smart hinge is hinged with a first end of the first component, and a second end of the first smart hinge is connected to the second component by plugging. A first end of the second smart hinge is hinged with a second end of the first component, and a second end of the second smart hinge is connected to the third component by plugging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Wai Kuen Cheung, Chiu Ming So, Chiu Kan Tsang, Kwok Wah Law
  • Publication number: 20230266607
    Abstract: The present invention provides a smart glasses apparatus and a smart hinge assembly thereof. The smart glasses apparatus further includes first and two second components. Different second components have different types of interfaces. The smart hinge assembly includes at least two smart hinges which are different in interface types and used in an alternative manner. Each smart hinge includes a first end for hinging with the first component and a second end for plugging with the second component. The second ends of different smart hinges are equipped with connectors of different interface types, the interface types of the connectors match with the interface types of the second components. The smart hinges are hinged to the first component in an alternative manner, and the second components plug with the smart hinges in an alternative manner. The first component is electrically connected to the second components through the smart hinges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Wai Kuen Cheung, Chiu Ming So, Chiu Kan Tsang, Mei Sze Au-Yeung, Kwok Wah Law
  • Patent number: 11709376
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are taught that provide reconfigurable components for eyewear devices. A reconfigurable component for use in an eyewear device includes an embedded electronics system. The embedded electronics system is configured for wireless communication and for processing sensor signals. The embedded electronics system is embedded into a component of the eyewear device. A plurality of sensors is embedded into one or more of the reconfigurable component and the eyewear device. The plurality is in electrical communication with the embedded electronics system. The embedded electronic system further includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive outputs from the plurality of sensors and to determine a system control parameter from an output of at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SOLOS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming So, Kwok Wah Law, Wai Kuen Cheung
  • Publication number: 20230204242
    Abstract: A thermostatic radiator valve supports a display that is configurable to display TRV information for a desired viewing direction to facilitate reading by a user, where the TRV comprises a configurable electronic display, a configuration circuit, and a processing device. The configuration circuit is capable of detecting when the TRV has been installed, determining a desired display orientation from a plurality of orientations with respect to a designated surface via a sensor in response to the detecting, and generating a display indicator indicative of the desired display orientation. The processing device is capable of receiving the display indicator and configuring the configurable electronic display to display the TRV information in the desired display orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Computime Ltd.
    Inventors: Kam Wai Raymond Ho, Kam Yuen Lam, Rui Feng Li, Siu Fung Liu, Fai Keung Seto, Wai Yin Shum, Chi Ming So
  • Publication number: 20230068202
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a connecting assembly, applied to the technical field of wearable devices. The connecting assembly is used for connecting a main body assembly and an electric control assembly of an assembly-detachable intelligent apparatus, and includes a first connector. The connecting assembly is detachably connected to the main body assembly in a first connecting mode. The main body assembly is electrically connected to the first connector. The electric control assembly includes a second connector. The connecting assembly is detachably connected to the electric control assembly in a second connecting mode and/or a third connecting mode. The first connector is electrically connected to the second connector. The present invention further discloses an assembly-detachable intelligent apparatus, which includes a main body assembly, an electric control assembly and a connecting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Chiu Ming So, Wai Kuen Cheung, Kwok Wah Law
  • Patent number: 11455025
    Abstract: A computer processing device transitions among a plurality of power management states and at least one power management sub-state. From a first state, it is determined whether an entry condition for a third state is satisfied. If the entry condition for the third state is satisfied, the third state is entered. If the entry condition for the third state is not satisfied, it is determined whether an entry condition for the first sub-state is satisfied. If the entry condition for the first sub-state is determined to be satisfied, the first sub-state is entered, a first sub-state residency timer is started, and after expiry of the first sub-state residency timer, the first sub-state is exited, the first state is re-entered, and it is re-determined whether the entry condition for the third state is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Xiaojie He, Alexander J. Branover, Mihir Shaileshbhai Doctor, Evgeny Mintz, Fei Fei, Ming So, Felix Yat-Sum Ho, Biao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220043278
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are taught that provide reconfigurable components for eyewear devices. A reconfigurable component for use in an eyewear device includes an embedded electronics system. The embedded electronics system is configured for wireless communication and for processing sensor signals. The embedded electronics system is embedded into a component of the eyewear device. A plurality of sensors is embedded into one or more of the reconfigurable component and the eyewear device. The plurality is in electrical communication with the embedded electronics system. The embedded electronic system further includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive outputs from the plurality of sensors and to determine a system control parameter from an output of at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: SOLOS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming So, Kwok Wah Law, Wai Kuen Cheung
  • Publication number: 20200409448
    Abstract: A computer processing device transitions among a plurality of power management states and at least one power management sub-state. From a first state, it is determined whether an entry condition for a third state is satisfied. If the entry condition for the third state is satisfied, the third state is entered. If the entry condition for the third state is not satisfied, it is determined whether an entry condition for the first sub-state is satisfied. If the entry condition for the first sub-state is determined to be satisfied, the first sub-state is entered, a first sub-state residency timer is started, and after expiry of the first sub-state residency timer, the first sub-state is exited, the first state is re-entered, and it is re-determined whether the entry condition for the third state is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Xiaojie He, Alexander J. Branover, Mihir Shaileshbhai Doctor, Evgeny Mintz, Fei Fei, Ming So, Felix Yat-Sum Ho, Biao Zhou
  • Patent number: 10847909
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a storage device having a small form factor. The storage device can include a circuit board configured to store data. The circuit board can be enclosed in a housing. The storage device can include a connector mounted perpendicularly to an inner surface of the circuit board and extending through an aperture of an inner surface of the housing. The connector may be configured to electrically connect to an electronic device to transfer data between the storage device and the electronic device. The connector may be a universal serial bus (USB) Type-C connector. The storage device may have a thickness, measured between the inner surface of the housing and an outer surface of the housing, that does not exceed 6 millimeters (mm), for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kin Ming So
  • Publication number: 20200292843
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are taught that provide reconfigurable components for eyewear devices. A reconfigurable component for use in an eyewear device, includes a first temple. The first temple is configured for use with the eyewear device. The first temple further includes a first engagement portion. The first temple includes a first temple insert module (TIM). The first temple insert module is releasably couplable with the first engagement portion. The reconfigurable component can include at least one of a sensor and a display. The first temple insert module further includes a first wireless communication system. The first wireless communication system is configured to communicate wirelessly with a user device. The first temple insert module further includes a processor and a first speaker. The processor is configured to receive an input from at least one of the sensor and the first wireless communication system and to generate an output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: SOLOS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming So, Kwok Wah Law, Wai Kuen Cheung
  • Patent number: D900092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SOLOS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Wai Kuen Cheung, Chiu Ming So
  • Patent number: D923006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Solos Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Wai Kuen Cheung, Chiu Ming So