Patents by Inventor Mingming HOU

Mingming HOU 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: 11815665
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a large-aperture infrared metalens camera, which belongs to the technical field of infrared imaging and micro-nano photonics, including a large-aperture metalens, an infrared focal plane array detector, a metalens mechanical assembly and a housing. The large-aperture metalens has an aperture greater than 50 mm and a thickness less than 2 mm, and the distance between the large-aperture metalens and the infrared focal plane array detector is greater than 30 mm. The disclosure adopts strict electromagnetic field values, diffraction design algorithm and large-area semiconductor process manufacturing method to increase the aperture of metalens to 50 mm or more, and considerably improves the focal length and magnification of the camera while ensuring that the F-number of the metalens meets the requirements of signal-to-noise ratio of image. The problems of short focal length, small magnification, and insufficient imaging range of conventional metalens cameras are overcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Fei Yi, Mingming Hou, Yan Chen, Linhan Li
  • Publication number: 20230314776
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a large-aperture infrared metalens camera, which belongs to the technical field of infrared imaging and micro-nano photonics, including a large-aperture metalens, an infrared focal plane array detector, a metalens mechanical assembly and a housing. The large-aperture metalens has an aperture greater than 50 mm and a thickness less than 2 mm, and the distance between the large-aperture metalens and the infrared focal plane array detector is greater than 30 mm. The metalens mechanical assembly uses a buffer structure to fix, adjust and protect the metalens from shocks. The housing is sealed through a thermal insulation coating, thus providing heat insulation and waterproof protection for the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Fei YI, Mingming HOU, Yan CHEN, Linhan LI
  • Patent number: 11615736
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) display driver is operable to drive LEDs of an LED display and has a display interval with sub-periods and a blank time, each sub-period having multiple segments. The LED display driver includes: a data input; LED channel outputs adapted to be coupled to LEDs to drive the LEDs; and blank time distribution circuitry coupled between the data input and the LED channel outputs. The blank time distribution circuitry operable to distribute the blank time as blank time portions added to at least some of the sub-periods. Each blank time portion is smaller than a duration of each sub-period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shang Ding, Huibo Zhong, Yang Wang, Haibin Shao, Mingming Hou, Yongjie Huang, Jing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220076615
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) display driver is operable to drive LEDs of an LED display and has a display interval with sub-periods and a blank time, each sub-period having multiple segments. The LED display driver includes: a data input; LED channel outputs adapted to be coupled to LEDs to drive the LEDs; and blank time distribution circuitry coupled between the data input and the LED channel outputs. The blank time distribution circuitry operable to distribute the blank time as blank time portions added to at least some of the sub-periods. Each blank time portion is smaller than a duration of each sub-period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Shang DING, Huibo ZHONG, Yang WANG, Haibin SHAO, Mingming HOU, Yongjie HUANG, Jing ZHANG