Patents by Inventor Peter Wu

Peter Wu 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: 20100157773
    Abstract: A data storage device including: a plastic substrate having a plurality of volumes arranged in tracks along a plurality of vertically stacked, laterally extending layers therein; and, a plurality of micro-holograms each contained in a corresponding one of the volumes; herein, the presence or absence of a micro-hologram in each of the volumes is indicative of a corresponding portion of data stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Brakeley Welles, Zhiyuan Ren, Brian Lee Lawrence, Pingfan Peter Wu, John Erik Hershey, Xiaolei Shi, John Anderson Fergus Ross, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov
  • Publication number: 20100157775
    Abstract: A data storage device including: a plastic substrate having a plurality of data volumes arranged along tracks in a plurality of stacked layers; a plurality of micro-holograms each contained in a corresponding one of the data volumes; a plurality of complementary volumes, each corresponding to and being substantially aligned with one of the data volumes; a plurality of micro-holograms each contained in a corresponding one of the complementary volumes; wherein, the presence or absence of a micro-hologram in each of the data volumes is indicative of a corresponding portion of data stored; and, the ones of the complementary volumes corresponding to the ones of the data volumes containing a micro-hologram do not contain a micro-hologram; and the ones of the complementary volumes corresponding to the ones of the data volumes not containing a micro-hologram contain a micro-hologram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Pingfan Peter Wu, Xiaolei Shi, Zhiyuan Ren, Brian Lee Lawrence, John Erik Hershey, Kenneth Brakeley Welles, John Anderson Fergus Ross, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov
  • Publication number: 20100157774
    Abstract: A system for use with a data storage media having at least one groove proximate a surface thereof and a plurality of volumes therein, including: objective lensing; a first tracking error detector optically coupled to the objective lensing and being responsive to reflections from the at least one groove; a first actuator coupled and responsive to the first tracking error detector; a second tracking error detector optically coupled to the objective lensing and responsive to reflections from micro-holograms contained in at least some of the volumes; and, a second actuator coupled and responsive to the second tracking error detector; wherein the first and second actuators cooperate to selectively position the objective lensing to focus a light beam into a target one of the volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zhiyuan Ren, Brian Lee Lawrence, Pingfan Peter Wu, John Erik Hershey, Xiaolei Shi, Kenneth Brakeley Welles, John Anderson Fergus Ross, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov
  • Publication number: 20100119822
    Abstract: New carbon nanotube polymers and compositions are provided. The polymers comprise recurring blocks or units of carbon nanotubes and a compound other than a carbon nanotube. The compound is a polymeric or oligomeric block and is bonded to the carbon nanotube outer sidewall rather than to the carbon nanotube end, and is preferably a block copolymer of the compound and the carbon nanotube. The polymers can be used to prepare compositions that can be formed into products that are useful for building components present in airplanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Fang Hwang, Peter Wu
  • Patent number: 7626170
    Abstract: Infrared radiation detection systems and methods of making the same are provided. In one embodiment, the radiation detection system comprises: a housing having an open end exposed to a radiation emitting object; a detector positioned in the housing, the detector comprising a radiation sensing material for detecting infrared radiation, the radiation sensing material having a portion removed by etching or coated by a mask such that only a region of the radiation sensing material is capable of detecting the infrared radiation; and a lens positioned in the housing for transmitting infrared radiation from the object to the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kevin George Harding, Mark Joseph Bartonek, Brandi Elizabeth Wood, Pingfan Peter Wu
  • Patent number: 7627341
    Abstract: A mobile telephone automatically establishes communication with a system via a short-range wireless network. When communication is established, the mobile telephone user is automatically logged in to the system. The system can then apply personalized settings and/or provide access to personalized services based on the mobile telephone user's system account. Once communication between the mobile telephone and the system is established, the mobile telephone may be used as a remote control device to control operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Wu
  • Publication number: 20090095907
    Abstract: Infrared radiation detection systems and methods of making the same are provided. In one embodiment, the radiation detection system comprises: a housing having an open end exposed to a radiation emitting object; a detector positioned in the housing, the detector comprising a radiation sensing material for detecting infrared radiation, the radiation sensing material having a portion removed by etching or coated by a mask such that only a region of the radiation sensing material is capable of detecting the infrared radiation; and a lens positioned in the housing for transmitting infrared radiation from the object to the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: GE GLOBAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Kevin George Harding, Mark Joseph Bartonek, Brandi Elizabeth Wood, Pingfan Peter Wu
  • Publication number: 20080247011
    Abstract: A method for storing data including: providing a first substrate having a plurality of micro-holograms therein, the micro-holograms being indicative of the data; providing a second hologram-supporting substrate; illuminating the plurality of micro-holograms in the first substrate through the second substrate, thereby producing a holographic pattern in the second substrate indicative of reflections of the plurality of micro-holograms in the first substrate; providing a third hologram-supporting substrate; and, illuminating the holographic pattern in the second substrate through the third substrate, thereby substantially replicating the plurality of micro-holograms in the first substrate in the third substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Lawrence, Marc Dubois, Pingfan Peter Wu, Joseph Lucian Smolenski, Xiaolei Shi, Eugene Pauling Boden
  • Patent number: 7398478
    Abstract: An adjustment is made to the size of an original graphic data object in a substantially rectangular original screen to obtain a target graphic data object on a substantially rectangular target screen having a different aspect ratio than that of the original screen. The size of the original graphic data object is proportionally increased to obtain the target graphic data object on the target screen. The size of the target graphic data object on the target screen is non-proportionally increased by the addition of a stretch distance thereto where a line projecting from a resizing point on and perpendicular to an edge of the original screen intersects the original graphic data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Wu, David Hendler Sloo
  • Patent number: 7388695
    Abstract: A data storage device including: a plastic substrate having a plurality of volumes arranged in tracks along a plurality of vertically stacked, laterally extending layers therein; and, a plurality of micro-holograms each contained in a corresponding one of the volumes; herein, the presence or absence of a micro-hologram in each of the volumes is indicative of a corresponding portion of data stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Lawrence, Marc Dubois, Pingfan Peter Wu, Joseph Lucian Smolenski, Xiaolei Shi, Eugene Pauling Boden
  • Patent number: 7381440
    Abstract: A method of laser forward transfer is disclosed. Photo energy is directed through a photon-transparent support and absorbed by an interlayer coated thereon. The energized interlayer causes the transfer of specific regions of a heterogeneous tissue sample coated thereon across a gap and onto a receiving substrate or into a receiving vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Bradley R. Ringeisen, Jason Barron, Peter Wu, David B. Krizman, Marlene M. Darfler
  • Patent number: 7364537
    Abstract: A wind resistance mechanism for an exercise apparatus is provided which includes a plurality of bendable blades for changing the form of the wind-facing side thereof or adjusting the wind-facing angle. A movable clamping device includes a hub supported on an output shaft of an exercise apparatus. A first and a second disc are mounted on the hub. At least one of both discs performs a reciprocating movement in axial direction. An external force is applied to the discs for changing the form of the wind-facing side of the blades or adjusting the wind-facing angle, thereby adjusting the wind resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Inventors: Leao Wang, Peter Wu
  • Publication number: 20080038487
    Abstract: A method of laser forward transfer is disclosed. Photon energy is directed through a photon-transparent support and absorbed by a polymer interlayer coated thereon. The energized interlayer causes the transfer of a biological material coated thereon across a gap and onto a receiving substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: The Government of the US, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jason Barron, Bradley Ringeisen, Heungsoo Kim, Peter Wu
  • Patent number: 7294367
    Abstract: A method of laser forward transfer is disclosed. Photon energy is directed through a photon-transparent support and absorbed by an interlayer coated thereon. The energized interlayer causes the transfer of a biological material coated thereon across a gap and onto a receiving substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jason Barron, Bradley R. Ringeisen, Heungsoo Kim, Peter Wu
  • Patent number: 7278880
    Abstract: Jumper board is disclosed to include a bracket, face panels respectively mounted on the bracket, each face panel having a springy hook hooked on a locating flange of the bracket, circuit boards respectively mounted in the bracket corresponding to the face panels, back plates respectively fastened to the face panel and covered on the circuit boards at the back, and levers respectively pivotally mounted in the face panels and respectively rotatable to force the springy hooks of the associating face panels from the bracket for allowing dismounting of the associating face panels from the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Hsing Chau Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Peter Wu
  • Patent number: 7273998
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring laser shock peening of a work piece. A line spectrum is obtained from radiation emitted by a plasma produced by a laser shock peening process. The shape of the line spectrum about its emission peak is compared to a defined line shape to verify proper operation of the laser shock peening process. The line shape may be a Lorentzian line shape corresponding to a desired line shape. The line shape may a Gaussian line shape corresponding to an undesired line shape. The system can also detect the failure mode that occurs when the opaque layer is broken through by detecting the plasma spectral component produced by the work piece material, along with the plasma produced by the opaque layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Pingfan Peter Wu, Pamela King Benicewicz, Magdi Naim Azer
  • Patent number: 7267636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a structure of rocker arms with optical sensing control for an exercise apparatus. The rocker arm of an exercise apparatus includes a handgrip. At least an optical sensor in accordance with the invention is positioned within a finger groove of the handgrip. The finger groove is so constructed that its form corresponds to the finger pad of the finger of an operator. Meanwhile, the finger groove is provided with an aperture in which the optical sensing element is hidden. The optical sensing element is connected to a console of the exercise apparatus through a conducting wire for setting different functions (exercise speed, slope or resistance) by means of effective detection signals. Therefore, the exercise apparatus is operable by means that a finger of both hands is slightly moved at fixed point during the exercise session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Inventors: Leao Wang, Peter Wu
  • Patent number: 7266761
    Abstract: Inserting images into documents. An image source device is made active with an application used to create text in a document. An application programming interface (API) module is accessed from within the application. The API interfaces the application with a TWAIN module used for acquiring an image with the image source device. The API module is separate from the TWAIN module and isolates users from directly interacting with the TWAIN module. The application uses the API module for negotiating with the image source device to determine a set of image capture parameters that control the image source device when acquiring the image. Data representing the image is communicated from the image source device into the memory of a computer hosting the application used to create text so that the data representing the image is a portion of a document stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rebecca S. Levine, Cameron R. Turner, Brian Frohlich, Peter Wu
  • Patent number: 7252624
    Abstract: A regulating apparatus for a hydraulic cylinder of a treadmill having a rotating knob with an opening formed at a top end thereof and with a neck formed at a bottom end thereof. The periphery of the neck is marked with a plurality of numbers or with colors from light to dark. An annular base includes a ring-shaped gap for dividing it into an internal and external side. The external side has a viewing window extending to the ring-shaped gap. A magnifying glass is received within the viewing window. Moreover, the internal side of the annular base is fixed atop the hydraulic cylinder. In addition, the rotating knob is fixed on the annular base in such a manner that an adjusting post projects from the opening of the regulating knob and the neck is inserted into the ring-shaped gap. Therefore, the number or the color disposed on the neck is visible from the viewing window when the cushioning force of the hydraulic cylinder is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Wu, Leao Wang
  • Patent number: 7229387
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for diverting static electricity away from a treadmill. The apparatus includes a diverting apparatus, consisting of a conducting piece, a conductive strip and a connection bolt. The diverting apparatus is mounted on the surface of the platform without influencing the smooth rotation of the continuous belt for carrying off the static electricity produced by friction within a walking area of the treadmill by providing a direct grounding path through the connection of the other end of the conductive strip to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Wu, Leao Wang