Patents by Inventor Nan ZHU

Nan ZHU 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: 10203489
    Abstract: A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have a pixel array that produces light associated with images. The display system may also have a linear polarizer through which light from the pixel array passes and a quarter wave plate through which the light passes after passing through the quarter wave plate. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having one or more lens elements. The lens elements may include a plano-convex lens and a plano-concave lens. A partially reflective mirror may be formed on a convex surface of the plano-convex lens. A reflective polarizer may be formed on the planar surface of the plano-convex lens or the concave surface of the plano-concave lens. An additional quarter wave plate may be located between the reflective polarizer and the partially reflective mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sajjad A. Khan, Nan Zhu, Graham B. Myhre, Brent J. Bollman, Tyler Anderson, Weibo Cheng, John N. Border
  • Patent number: 9958841
    Abstract: Provided is a method and device for remotely controlling a household appliance. The method includes: sending, by a social application client, a control command for a target household appliance, wherein the control command includes an account of the target household appliance, and the account of the target household appliance is a unique social account registered in a social application server when the target household appliance leaves a factory; and controlling, by the social application client, the target household appliance corresponding to the account of the target household appliance according to the control command. A user can directly control the household appliance through the social application client, thus improving the efficiency of controlling the household appliance and reducing the cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: Hisense Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corp.
    Inventors: Yangyang Li, Nan Zhu, Yunxiang Zhuang
  • Patent number: 9953422
    Abstract: For selective local registration based on registration error, a method determines a first registration error between a template image and a source image. The method further warps the source image to compensate for camera motion in response to the first registration error exceeding a registration error threshold. In addition, the method determines a second registration error between the template image and the warped source image. The method generates a pixel difference mask using the template image. The method further selectively performs local registration for the source image based on the pixel difference mask in response to the second registration error exceeding the registration error threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Dalong Li, Daniel Maack Bloom, Jing-Nan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20180039052
    Abstract: A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have a pixel array that produces light associated with images. The display system may also have a linear polarizer through which light from the pixel array passes and a quarter wave plate through which the light passes after passing through the quarter wave plate. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having one or more lens elements. The lens elements may include a plano-convex lens and a plano-concave lens. A partially reflective mirror may be formed on a convex surface of the plano-convex lens. A reflective polarizer may be formed on the planar surface of the plano-convex lens or the concave surface of the plano-concave lens. An additional quarter wave plate may be located between the reflective polarizer and the partially reflective mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Sajjad A. Khan, Nan Zhu, Graham B. Myhre, Brent J. Bollman, Tyler Anderson, Weibo Cheng, John N. Border
  • Publication number: 20170269021
    Abstract: The invention relates to a general chemical method for the synthesis of biocompatible hybrid nanomaterials which can be used in the development of new-type enzyme based biosensors. A one-step facile method is presented, in which polyethylenimine (PEI) serves as both a reducing agent for the reduction of graphene oxide (GO) into reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and a biological matrix for accommodation of enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Qijin Chi, Shuang Han, Arnab Halder, Nan Zhu, Jens Ulstrup
  • Publication number: 20170264806
    Abstract: The present application provides an image processing circuit, a hand-held electronic device and a method for compensating for motion in an image received by an image sensor. The method includes sub-dividing an array of individual sensor cells from an image sensor adapted for receiving an image into at least a first sub-group and a second sub-group of sensor cells. Multiple timing signals are then generated for use in reading data out of the individual sensor cells of the image sensor. Data values are then read out from the individual sensor cells, wherein the data values from the individual sensor cells of the first sub-group of sensor cells are read out at a first rate using a first timing signal, and the data values from the individual sensor cells of the second sub-group of sensor cells are read out at a second rate using a second timing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Jing-Nan Zhu, Daniel Maack Bloom, Dalong Li
  • Patent number: 9762801
    Abstract: The present application provides an image processing circuit, a hand-held electronic device and a method for compensating for motion in an image received by an image sensor. The method includes sub-dividing an array of individual sensor cells from an image sensor adapted for receiving an image into at least a first sub-group and a second sub-group of sensor cells. Multiple timing signals are then generated for use in reading data out of the individual sensor cells of the image sensor. Data values are then read out from the individual sensor cells, wherein the data values from the individual sensor cells of the first sub-group of sensor cells are read out at a first rate using a first timing signal, and the data values from the individual sensor cells of the second sub-group of sensor cells are read out at a second rate using a second timing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Jing-Nan Zhu, Daniel Maack Bloom, Dalong Li
  • Publication number: 20170243351
    Abstract: For selective local registration based on registration error, a method determines a first registration error between a template image and a source image. The method further warps the source image to compensate for camera motion in response to the first registration error exceeding a registration error threshold. In addition, the method determines a second registration error between the template image and the warped source image. The method generates a pixel difference mask using the template image. The method further selectively performs local registration for the source image based on the pixel difference mask in response to the second registration error exceeding the registration error threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Dalong Li, Daniel Maack Bloom, Jing-Nan Zhu
  • Patent number: 9582655
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a data acquiring unit configured to detect an encryption apparatus in a preset distance range and to read preset data in the detected encryption apparatus; a data storage unit configured to store the preset data; and a connection establishing unit configured to establish power line communication connections, according to the preset data, with other electronic devices reading and storing the preset data. The disclosure further proposes a system for pairing electronic devices and a method for pairing electronic devices. With the technical solutions of the invention, power line communication connections between the electronic devices can be established rapidly, conveniently and more accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: HISENSE CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yangyang Li, Yuewei Lin, Wei Zhao, Nan Zhu, Haibin Liu
  • Publication number: 20160323016
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a connection establishing unit and a power line communication module; wherein, the connection establishing unit is configured to establish power line connections; the power line communication module comprising: a listening unit is configured to listen to a data packet, transmitted over a power line, from the other electronic devices after the power line connections are established; and a broadcast unit is configured to broadcast data packets after the power line connections are established, and broadcast no data packet and keep silent upon detection on data packet from other electronic devices has been received in a preset time duration. With the technical solutions of the disclosure, electromagnetic conductive radiation and interference produced by the electronic device to other power consuming devices can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Nan ZHU
  • Publication number: 20150134116
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for remotely controlling a household appliance. The method includes: sending, by a social application client, a control command for a target household appliance, wherein the control command includes an account of the target household appliance, and the account of the target household appliance is a unique social account registered in a social application server when the target household appliance leaves a factory; and controlling, by the social application client, the target household appliance corresponding to the account of the target household appliance according to the control command. The present invention enables a user to directly control the household appliance through the social application client, thus improving the efficiency of controlling the household appliance and reducing the cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Yangyang LI, Nan ZHU, Yunxiang ZHUANG
  • Publication number: 20150019880
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a data acquiring unit configured to detect an encryption apparatus in a preset distance range and to read preset data in the detected encryption apparatus; a data storage unit configured to store the preset data; and a connection establishing unit configured to establish power line communication connections, according to the preset data, with other electronic devices reading and storing the preset data. The disclosure further proposes a system for pairing electronic devices and a method for pairing electronic devices. With the technical solutions of the invention, power line communication connections between the electronic devices can be established rapidly, conveniently and more accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicants: HISENSE CO., LTD., Hisense USA Corporation
    Inventors: Yangyang LI, Yuewei LIN, Wei ZHAO, Nan ZHU, Haibin LIU
  • Publication number: 20030051257
    Abstract: A transgenic goat zygote is developed from a goat zygote comprising a nucleic acid construct containing a nucleotide sequence of a goat &bgr;-casein promoter and a nucleotide sequence encoding hG-CSF, which produces milk containing a high concentration of biologically active hG-CSF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Seung-Won Jin, Doo-Soo Lee, Tae-Hun Song, In-Young Choi, Ook-Joon Yoo, Jung-Ho Ko, Ja-Shin Koo, Sang-Tae Shin, Chul-Sang Lee, Nan-Zhu Fang, Deog-Bon Koo, Keon-Bong Oh, Jung-Sun Park, Woo-Sik Youn, Guo-Dong Zheng, Sun-Jung Kim, Yong-Mahn Han, Kyung-Kwang Lee