Patents by Inventor Minhong Mi

Minhong Mi 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: 20240273790
    Abstract: Method and system are described for dynamic axes splitting and recombination within data visualization and analysis software, enabling enhanced interaction with graphical data. The invention facilitates the division of a chart into multiple sub-charts, each with independently auto-scaled axes, through user-initiated operations. Users can dynamically adjust the presentation by selecting graphs for individual or consolidated sub-chart display, rearrange graphs via drag-and-drop, and choose between vertical stacking or overlay configurations for sub-charts. This system significantly improves the granularity and flexibility of data analysis, allowing for detailed examination and comparison of diverse data sets within a single visualization framework. Applicable across various industries for analytical and reporting purposes, the method provides a transformative approach to navigating complex datasets, offering users unprecedented control and insight into their data visualization endeavors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: Minhong Mi
  • Publication number: 20240272919
    Abstract: Method and system are disclosed to implement a graphical user interface (GUI) that unifies key data analysis methodologies—data visualization, spreadsheet operations, and advanced scripting—into a singular, robust platform with a wide range of interactive data widgets and tool widgets. Among the tool widgets, the Workspace Manager widget efficiently organizes user-generated objects in a flexible, hierarchical tree structure, the Environment widget provides a detailed tabular view of variables and datasets with collapsible cell blocks for easy data management, while the Overview widget dynamically presents visual summaries of selected data objects, adapting in real time to user inputs. Additionally, the spreadsheet data widget allows for the direct referencing and assignment of outputs to variables within the active script interpreter's evaluation stacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: Minhong Mi
  • Publication number: 20240272785
    Abstract: A method and system for interactive graph data editing are disclosed, providing an advanced approach to data visualization and manipulation within a computing environment. This invention enables the interactive adjustment of data values directly within graphical representations, such as line graphs, bar charts, and surface plots, through user interactions with graphical elements overlaying the visualization. Key features include real-time dynamic refreshing of these elements, generation of value modification records based on user interactions, and immediate application of these modifications to the data source, ensuring the visualization remains accurate and reflective of the underlying data. The system facilitates a more intuitive and efficient process for data analysis, accommodating various data sources and supporting a broad spectrum of computing system configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: Minhong Mi
  • Publication number: 20240273114
    Abstract: Method and system are introduced for interactive data grouping and visibility alteration within graphical visualizations, leveraging a computer system to enhance user engagement and analytical depth. Users can dynamically group data points by their coordinate values along an axis in a cartesian coordinate system, facilitating a nuanced exploration of data sets. Through an intuitive interface, selections are made either by direct manipulation—clicking and dragging across a designated area—or via input dialogs for precision. This process not only organizes data into hierarchical structures for advanced analysis but also allows for the dynamic visualization of data in response to user interactions, including the expansion and collapse of data groups to simplify or detail data representations. The method extends its utility across various visual formats, adapting to a wide range of analytical needs and supporting more informed decision-making by making data exploration interactive and customizable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: Minhong Mi
  • Patent number: 10262957
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) package includes an IC die and a wave channel that electrically couples the IC die to a solder ball array. The wave channel is configured to resonate at an operating frequency band of the IC die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Rajen Manicon Murugan, Minhong Mi, Gary Paul Morrison, Jie Chen, Kenneth Robert Rhyner, Stanley Craig Beddingfield, Chittranjan Mohan Gupta, Django Earl Trombley
  • Publication number: 20190019776
    Abstract: Described examples include a packaged device including a first object and a second object spaced from each other by a gap, each object having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surfaces of the first object and the second object including first terminals. A structure includes at least two conductors embedded in a dielectric casing consolidating a configuration and organization of the at least two conductors, the at least two conductors having end portions un-embedded by the dielectric casing. An end portion of at least one of the at least two conductors is electrically connected to a first terminal of the first object, and an opposite end portion of the at least one of the at least two conductors is electrically connected to a respective first terminal of the second object, the at least two conductors electrically connecting the first object and the second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Enis Tuncer, Minhong Mi, Swaminathan Sankaran, Rajen M. Murugan, Vikas Gupta
  • Publication number: 20180301428
    Abstract: A millimeter wave integrated circuit (IC) chip. The IC chip comprises an IC die and a wire bond ball grid array package encapsulating the IC die. The wire bond ball grid array package comprises a solder ball array, a millimeter wave transmit channel, and a millimeter wave receive channel, wherein each millimeter wave transmit and receive channel electrically couples the IC die to a signal ball of the solder ball array and is configured to resonate at an operating frequency band of the millimeter wave IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Rajen Manicon Murugan, Minhong Mi, Gary Paul Morrison, Jie Chen, Kenneth Robert Rhyner, Stanley Craig Beddingfield, Chittranjan Mohan Gupta, Django Earl Trombley
  • Patent number: 9941228
    Abstract: A millimeter wave integrated circuit (IC) chip. The IC chip comprises an IC die and a wire bond ball grid array package encapsulating the IC die. The wire bond ball grid array package comprises a solder ball array, a millimeter wave transmit channel, and a millimeter wave receive channel, wherein each millimeter wave transmit and receive channel electrically couples the IC die to a signal ball of the solder ball array and is configured to resonate at an operating frequency band of the millimeter wave IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Rajen Manicon Murugan, Minhong Mi, Gary Paul Morrison, Jie Chen, Kenneth Robert Rhyner, Stanley Craig Beddingfield, Chittranjan Mohan Gupta, Django Earl Trombley
  • Publication number: 20170229408
    Abstract: A millimeter wave integrated circuit (IC) chip. The IC chip comprises an IC die and a wire bond ball grid array package encapsulating the IC die. The wire bond ball grid array package comprises a solder ball array, a millimeter wave transmit channel, and a millimeter wave receive channel, wherein each millimeter wave transmit and receive channel electrically couples the IC die to a signal ball of the solder ball array and is configured to resonate at an operating frequency band of the millimeter wave IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Rajen Manicon MURUGAN, Minhong MI, Gary Paul MORRISON, Jie CHEN, Kenneth Robert RHYNER, Stanley Craig BEDDINGFIELD, Chittranjan Mohan GUPTA, Django Earl TROMBLEY
  • Patent number: 9666553
    Abstract: A millimeter wave integrated circuit (IC) chip. The IC chip comprises an IC die and a wire bond ball grid array package encapsulating the IC die. The wire bond ball grid array package comprises a solder ball array, a millimeter wave transmit channel, and a millimeter wave receive channel, wherein each millimeter wave transmit and receive channel electrically couples the IC die to a signal ball of the solder ball array and is configured to resonate at an operating frequency band of the millimeter wave IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Rajen Manicon Murugan, Minhong Mi, Gary Paul Morrison, Jie Chen, Kenneth Robert Rhyner, Stanley Craig Beddingfield, Chittranjan Mohan Gupta, Django Earl Trombley
  • Publication number: 20150364816
    Abstract: A millimeter wave integrated circuit (IC) chip. The IC chip comprises an IC die and a wire bond ball grid array package encapsulating the IC die. The wire bond ball grid array package comprises a solder ball array, a millimeter wave transmit channel, and a millimeter wave receive channel, wherein each millimeter wave transmit and receive channel electrically couples the IC die to a signal ball of the solder ball array and is configured to resonate at an operating frequency band of the millimeter wave IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Rajen Manicon MURUGAN, Minhong MI, Gary Paul MORRISON, Jie CHEN, Kenneth Robert RHYNER, Stanley Craig BEDDINGFIELD, Chittranjan Mohan GUPTA, Django Earl TROMBLEY
  • Patent number: 8391375
    Abstract: A method of communicating information from a wireless autonomous device (WAD) to a base station. The WAD has a data element having a predetermined profile having a total number of sequenced possible data element combinations. The method includes receiving at the WAD an RF profile transmitted by the base station that includes a triggering portion having a number of pulses, wherein the number is at least equal to the total number of possible data element combinations. The method further includes keeping a count of received pulses and wirelessly transmitting a piece of data, preferably one bit, to the base station when the count reaches a value equal to the stored data element's particular number in the sequence. Finally, the method includes receiving the piece of data at the base station and using the receipt thereof to determine which of the possible data element combinations the stored data element is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: David W. Sammel, Jr., James T. Cain, Marlin H. Mickle, Minhong Mi
  • Patent number: 8090414
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy from a base station, ambient energy or ultra-wide band energy. The remote station preferably has at least one antenna having an effective area greater than its physical area. The system may have an antenna and associated circuitry provided on an electronic chip such as a monolithic chip or on a printed circuit with a suitable substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Marlin H. Mickle, Christopher C. Capelli, Harold Swift, Leonid Mats, Minhong Mi, Charles E. Greene
  • Patent number: 7791557
    Abstract: Energy harvesting circuits and associated methods are provided that employ multiple antennas to optimize the amount of energy that is harvested while at the same time making efficient use of tag space. In some embodiments, matching networks are chosen in a manner that optimizes the DC energy that is created from the harvesting process. In other embodiments, phase shifts are introduced into the received signals to allow the signals to be more efficiently combined after they are rectified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Marlin H. Mickle, Minhong Mi, Leonid Mats
  • Publication number: 20090207000
    Abstract: Energy harvesting circuits and associated methods are provided that employ multiple antennas to optimize the amount of energy that is harvested while at the same time making efficient use of tag space. In some embodiments, matching networks are chosen in a manner that optimizes the DC energy that is created from the harvesting process. In other embodiments, phase shifts are introduced into the received signals to allow the signals to be more efficiently combined after they are rectified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Marlin H. Mickle, Minhong Mi, Leonid Mats
  • Patent number: 7567824
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy from a base station, ambient energy or ultra-wide band energy. The remote station preferably has at least one antenna having an effective area greater than its physical area. The system may have an antenna and associated circuitry provided on an electronic chip such as a monolithic chip or on a printed circuit with a suitable substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Marlin H. Mickle, Christopher C. Capelli, Harold Swift, Leonid Matts, Minhong Mi, Charles E. Greene
  • Patent number: 7528698
    Abstract: Energy harvesting circuits and associated methods are provided that employ multiple antennas to optimize the amount of energy that is harvested while at the same time making efficient use of tag space. In some embodiments, matching networks are chosen in a manner that optimizes the DC energy that is created from the harvesting process. In other embodiments, phase shifts are introduced into the received signals to allow the signals to be more efficiently combined after they are rectified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Marlin H. Mickle, Minhong Mi, Leonid Mats
  • Publication number: 20090098915
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy from a base station, ambient energy or ultra-wide band energy. The remote station preferably has at least one antenna having an effective area greater than its physical area. The system may have an antenna and associated circuitry provided on an electronic chip such as a monolithic chip or on a printed circuit with a suitable substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Marlin H. Mickle, Christopher C. Capelli, Harold Swift, Leonid Mats, Minhong Mi, Charles E. Greene
  • Patent number: 7440780
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy from a base station, ambient energy or ultra-wide band energy. The remote station preferably has at least one antenna having an effective area greater than its physical area. The system may have an antenna and associated circuitry provided on an electronic chip such as a monolithic chip or on a printed circuit with a suitable substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Marlin H. Mickle, Christopher C. Capelli, Harold Swift, Leonid Matts, Minhong Mi, Charles E. Greene
  • Publication number: 20080174406
    Abstract: A transponder system that includes at least one transponder apparatus that does not have an antenna and a reader device having a touch probe having one or more probe contacts for enabling the reader device to communicate with the transponder apparatus through a temporary physical interface. Also, a method of communicating with a printed circuit board or an item including a printed circuit board using a reader device wherein a transponder apparatus or a transponder chip is provided on the printed circuit board and wherein conductors from independent circuits of the printed circuit board are used to form an antenna for the transponder apparatus or transponder chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Marlin H. Mickle, Peter J. Hawrylak, Leonid Mats, Minhong Mi