Patents by Inventor Ming

Ming 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).

  • LIGHTWEIGHT HONEYCOMB THERMAL INSULATION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180281339
    Abstract: A honeycomb thermal insulation structure may comprise a first facesheet, a second facesheet, and a honeycomb core between the first facesheet and the second facesheet. The honeycomb core may include a plurality of honeycomb unit cells each composed of walls having a height and spaced by a distance. The walls of the honeycomb cells may have perforations. The honeycomb thermal insulation structure may further comprise a non-convective gas loaded in the honeycomb unit cells between the walls. A flow of the gas through the perforations may be substantially absent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John R. Hull, Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, John Dalton Williams
  • BLANK MASK AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING PHOTOMASK
    Publication number: 20180284601
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a photomask includes providing a blank mask; removing a portion of the resist layer to form a patterned resist layer exposing a portion of the cooling layer; patterning the cooling layer by using the patterned resist layer as an etching mask; patterning the opaque layer; and removing the patterned resist layer and the patterned cooling layer. The blank mask includes a light-transmitting substrate and an opaque layer, a cooling layer, and a resist layer sequentially stacked thereon, wherein the cooling layer has a thermal conductivity ranging between 160 and 5000 and an effective atomic number ranging between 5 and 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao-Ming Chang, Chih-Ming Chen, Cheng-Ming Lin, Sheng-Chang Hsu, Shao-Chi Wei, Hsao Shih, Li-Chih Lu
  • TURBINE ENGINE CONTAINMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180283397
    Abstract: A containment assembly for use in a turbine engine includes a fan case formed from a composite material. The fan case includes a forward end, an aft end, and an opening defined through the fan case between the forward and aft ends. The containment assembly further includes a structural attachment member formed from a metallic material and coupled to the fan case. The structural attachment member is positioned within the opening in the fan case and is configured to receive at least one fastener to couple a component to the structural attachment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Viswanadha Gupta Sakala, Mitchell Harold Boyer, Ming Xie, Douglas Duane Ward
  • ACCESS CONTROL IN NEW RADIO
    Publication number: 20180288676
    Abstract: A method executed by a wireless device for network access of the wireless device to a network node is disclosed. The method includes initiating an access attempt to the network node; reading a first layer of access control information (ACI) from the network node to determine whether an access control indicator in the first layer for an access category is ON, wherein the access control indicator for the access category is associated with a characteristic/classification of the access attempt by the wireless device to the network node; in response to the access control indicator in the first layer for the access category being ON, reading a second layer of the ACI from the network node to determine whether the access attempt to the network node is allowed based on one or more specific parameters associated with the access category in the second layer of the ACI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Wei, Chie-Ming Chou
  • SYK INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20180280387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds that are Syk inhibitors and to their use in the treatment of various disease states, including cancer and inflammatory conditions. In particular embodiments, the structure of the compounds is given by Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as described herein. The present disclosure further provides pharmaceutical compositions that include a compound of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of using these compounds and compositions to treat conditions mediated by Syk. In certain embodiments, also disclosed are methods for treating a cancer in a subject (e.g., a human) in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in combination with a vinca-alkaloid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Peter A. Blomgren, Astrid Clarke, Kevin S. Currie, Julie A. Di Paolo, Jeffrey E. Kropf, Seung H. Lee, Jennifer R. Lo, Scott A. Mitchell, Aaron C. Schmitt, Sundaramoorthi Swaminathan, Jin-Ming Xiong, Jianjun Xu, Zhongdong Zhao
  • Device and method for scanning object outline image
    Patent number: 10091493
    Abstract: Device and method for scanning an object outline image are provided. The scanning device includes a light source, an optical sensor and a processor. The scanning method includes: providing a polarized projection light beam; projecting the polarized projection light beam to an object, and correspondingly reflecting a polarized reflection light beam by the object according to the polarized projection light beam; capturing an image of the polarized reflection light beam; calculating polarization state of target according to the polarized projection light beam and the polarized reflection light beam, the polarization state of target having a plane angle from normal projection and a corresponding point position; and restoring an outline image of the object according to the polarization state of target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Metal Industries Research & Development Centre
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Jan, Chung-Li Tsai, Po-Chi Hu, Chao-Yung Yeh, Chi-Cheng Yang
  • Method for householder of mansion to manage entrance by smart phone
    Patent number: 10089805
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for householder of mansion to manage entrance by smart phone, so that the householder can manage entrance at outside. When a visitor pushes a doorbell of a mansion door machine, the householder at outside uses a smart phone to conduct audio and video communication with the visitor. If the householder agrees to let the visitor go in, the householder instructs the smart phone to generate a password for the visitor to memorize and let the visitor enter the mansion. The password is also sent to a home door machine of the householder. When the visitor an ives the home door machine of the householder, input the password. If the password inputted by the visitor is the same as the password generated by the smart phone, then the home door will open to let the visitor go in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shaw Hwa Hwang, Bing Chih Yao, Kuan Lin Chen, Yao Hsing Chung, Chi Jung Huang, Cheng Yu Yeh, Shun Chieh Chang, Li Te Shen, Ning Yun Ku, Tzu Hung Lin, Ming Che Yeh
  • Calibration method and sports equipment
    Patent number: 10088496
    Abstract: A calibration method for a first accelerometer is disclosed. The first accelerometer is installed together with a second accelerometer in a device. The calibration method includes the second accelerometer measuring a first set of X, Y, Z accelerations in a Cartesian coordinate system, the first accelerometer measuring a second set of X, Y, Z accelerations in the Cartesian coordinate system, indicating to rotate the device, the second accelerometer measuring a third set of X, Y, Z accelerations in the Cartesian coordinate system, the first accelerometer measuring a fourth set of X, Y, Z accelerations in the Cartesian coordinate system, and calibrating X, Y, Z acceleration values measured by the first accelerometer based on the first, second, third and fourth sets of X, Y, Z accelerations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Zhao-Yuan Lin, Ming-Chih Ko
  • Device and method for handling carrier frequency offset
    Patent number: 10091752
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a computing circuit, performing a Jth power operation according to a first plurality of time-domain signals to generate a first plurality of computed signals; a transforming circuit, coupled to the computing circuit, transforming the first plurality of computed signals to a first plurality of frequency-domain signals according to a time-frequency transformation; a control circuit, coupled to the converting circuit, performing an absolute value operation on the first plurality of frequency-domain signals to generate a first plurality of output signals; a selecting circuit, coupled to the control circuit, selecting a maximum output signal satisfying a check condition from the first plurality of output signals; and a frequency estimating circuit, coupled to the selecting circuit, estimating a carrier frequency offset according to the maximum output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Fang-Ming Yang
  • Word line driving unit with a boost voltage generator and memory device including the same
    Patent number: 10090032
    Abstract: A method includes delaying an input voltage signal to generate an output voltage, enabling a capacitor unit to apply across a word line driver a boosted voltage greater than the output voltage, and enabling the word line driver to provide a driving voltage that corresponds to the boosted voltage. A word line driving unit that performs the method and a memory device that includes the word line driving unit are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Ming-En Bu, Ching-Wei Wu, He-Zhou Wan, Weiyang Jiang
  • Polyester composition, electronic device, and method of forming film
    Patent number: 10086557
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a film. 50 wt % to 85 wt % of a first polyester and 50 wt % to 15 wt % of a second polyester are dried and mixed to form a mixture. The first polyester is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), or combinations thereof. The second polyester is copolymerized of 1 part by mole of terephthalic acid, m parts by mole of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (1,4-CHDM), n parts by mole of 1,3-cyclohexanedimethanol (1,3-CHDM), and o parts by mole of ethylene glycol (EG). m+n+o=1, 0?o?0.4, 0.6?m+n?1, and 0.06?n/m?1.31. The mixture is melted and blended to form a polyester composition, which is extruded to form a sheet. The sheet is then biaxially stretched to obtain a film. The biaxially stretched film is then treated with a thermal setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsing Fan, Chun-Yen Chen, Ming-Tsong Leu, Chien-Pang Wu
  • Turning light pipe for a pupil expansion system and method
    Patent number: 10088675
    Abstract: A display system includes a light pipe including elongated surfaces and an input coupler. The light pipe is configured to provide an image received by the input coupler and expand the image in a first direction through one of the elongated surfaces. The display also includes a waveguide including an output grating, a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface. The first surface and the second surface have a larger area than the side surface, the output grating being configured to provide the image expanded in a second direction. The second direction is different than the first direction. The image enters the waveguide from the one of the elongated surfaces at the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert D. Brown, James H. Stanley, Eric P. Stratton, Ming Yu
  • Data processing apparatus capable of using different compression configurations for image quality optimization and/or display buffer capacity optimization and related data processing method
    Patent number: 10089955
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus has a first compressor, a second compressor, a first output interface, and a second output interface. The first compressor performs compression upon a first portion of an input display data of a frame to generate a first compressed display data, wherein the compression performed upon the first portion of the input display data has a first compression configuration. The second compressor performs compression upon a second portion of the input display data of the frame to generate a second compressed display data, wherein the compression performed upon the second portion of the input display data has a second compression configuration. The first output interface transmits the first compressed display data over a first display port of a display interface. The second output interface transmits the second compressed display data over a second display port of the display inter face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chi-Cheng Ju, Tsu-Ming Liu
  • Semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same
    Patent number: 10090397
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a gate stack positioned over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes spacers positioned over sidewalls of the gate stack. The semiconductor device structure includes a first protective layer positioned between the gate stack and the spacers and between the spacers and the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a second protective layer positioned between the spacers and the first protective layer. The first protective layer and the second protective layer include different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ming-Chang Lee, Chia-Der Chang, Chih-Hung Lu, Chung-Tsun Sun, Chung-Wei Hung
  • Pixel structure, array substrate and display device
    Patent number: 10088723
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel structure, comprising scan lines, data lines and pixel areas, and the scan lines are separately arranged in parallel along a horizontal direction, and the data lines are separately arranged in parallel along a vertical direction, and the scan lines and the data lines overlap with each other to form the pixel areas, and the pixel structure further comprises a connection electrode employed to coupled to pixel areas, and the connection electrode comprises a first connection layer and a second connection layer, and the first connection layer is in the same pattern layer with the scan lines and intersects with the scan lines, and the first connection layer at an intersecting position with the scan line is disconnected, and the second connection layer is in the same pattern layer with the data lines and crosses with the scan lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xing Ming, Zhiyuan Shen
  • Multi-point chemical mechanical polishing end point detection system and method of using
    Patent number: 10090207
    Abstract: A wafer polishing system including a platen configured to rotate in a first direction, and a polishing head configured to hold a wafer, the polishing head configured to rotate in a second direction. The wafer polishing system further includes an optical sensing system configured to detect a thickness of the wafer at a first location on the platen and a second location on the platen. A first distance from a center of the platen to the first location is different than a second distance from the center of the platen to the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jiann Lih Wu, Jeng-Jyi Hwang, Soon-Kang Huang, Chi-Ming Yang
  • Package structure of long-distance sensor and packaging method of the same
    Patent number: 10090427
    Abstract: A package structure of a long-distance sensor includes a substrate, a light-emitting chip, a sensing chip, two packaging gel bodies, a cap, and two sheltering devices. The substrate has a bearing surface. The light-emitting chip and the sensing chip are disposed on the bearing surface and separated from each other. The two packaging gel bodies cover the light-emitting chip and the sensing chip respectively. The top surface of each of the packaging gel bodies is formed with a lens portion and a shoulder portion. The cap is formed on the bearing surface and the packaging gel bodies and provided with a light-emitting hole and a light-receiving hole accommodating the lens portions and the shoulder portions of the top surfaces of the packaging gel bodies respectively. The two sheltering devices are disposed on the shoulder portions respectively for blocking light from passing through the shoulder portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: LINGSEN PRECISION INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-I Lin, Ming-Te Tu
  • Fault handling method, apparatus and system
    Patent number: 10091672
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a fault handling method, apparatus and system, and relate to the field of communications, where the method includes: detecting, by a lower-layer fault management system, a fault alarm status in a lower-layer service; obtaining, by means of query by the lower-layer fault management system, according to the fault alarm status and a service dependence relationship table stored in a system, an affected higher-layer service; sending, by the lower-layer fault management system, a fault notification message to a higher-layer fault management system corresponding to the affected higher-layer service; and determining, by the higher-layer fault management system, according to the fault notification message whether a higher-layer service in which a fault occurs needs to be handled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming Yu
  • Stable liquid detergent composition containing a self-structuring surfactant system
    Patent number: 10087402
    Abstract: A stable liquid detergent composition containing a self-structuring surfactant system, where without using external structurants, the liquid detergent composition exhibits good shear thinning properties while maintaining stability under high shear. A liquid detergent composition that includes a linear alkyl benzene sulfonate, an amine oxide surfactant and little or no alkoxylated alkyl sulfate and unalkoxylated alkyl sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Liangjing Fang, Ming Tang, Xu Huang, Karl Shiqing Wei
  • Probe card
    Patent number: 10088503
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a circuit board, a housing, a spacer and a pin. The circuit board is configured to test a device-under-test (DUT). The housing includes a raised portion and a supporting portion. The spacer is mounted on the supporting portion of the housing. The pin penetrates through the raised portion and the supporting portion of the housing, and is configured to electrically connect the circuit board to the DUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Cheng Hsu