Patents by Inventor Ping Sun

Ping Sun 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: 11356792
    Abstract: A computer converts each content sources from textual content to speech comprising a separate audio selection. The computer applies, to each audio selection, one or more speech attributes to specify the audio attributes that select a respective position of the respective audio selection from among multiple positions within a multidimensional sound space and audibly distinguish one or more characteristics of the respective audio selection from other audio selections, wherein the respective position of the respective audio selection reflects a rank of the respective audio selection as ordered by interest to a user. The computer outputs a simultaneous stream of the multiple audio selections to an audio output device for stereo play of the audio selections within the multiple positions within the multidimensional sound space to the user, with the multiple positions reflecting the content sources ordered by interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Da Wei Zhang, Ke Chen, Yu Ping Sun, Hou Ping Jia, Xiaoguang Mo
  • Publication number: 20220129036
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a host, a main display, a keyboard, an auxiliary display, and a supporting mechanism. The main display is pivotally connected to the host. The keyboard is slidably disposed on the host. The auxiliary display is disposed on the host and is arranged side by side with the keyboard. The auxiliary display includes a movable end and a lifting end, the keyboard contacts the movable end, and the movable end is slidably connected to the host. The supporting mechanism includes a first link, a second link, and a third link. The first link is slidably connected to the host and is pivotally connected to the second link. The second link is pivotally connected to the host and is pivotally connected to the third link. The third link is pivotally connected to the lifting end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Wen, Chun-Hsien Chen, Hui-Ping Sun
  • Publication number: 20220120183
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an adaptive lining structure of a tunnel in complex environment and a construction method thereof, and relates to the technical field of tunnel construction, comprising a lining, a pressure regulating layer and a connecting cylinder; wherein the pressure regulating layer is provided between the lining and a surrounding rock; and the connecting cylinder is provided in the tunnel and runs through the top of the lining. The adaptive lining structure of a tunnel in complex environment and the construction method in the disclosure are simple in structure, reasonable in design and convenient for efficient construction; it can deal with engineering problems such as lining cracking caused by high internal water and high external water in the tunnel, and can ensure the safety of tunnel lining in different periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaogang Wang, Lipeng Liu, Xingsong Sun, Ruizhi Fu, Yongyu Ling, Yujie Wang, Yufei Zhao, Qingwei Duan, Xingchao Lin, Long Jiang, Ruilang Cao, Qiang Zhang, Ping Sun, Jin Pi
  • Patent number: 11287846
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a host, two installing bases, two connection elements and a head belt. The host has two installing grooves and two opposite sidewalls, and the two installing grooves respectively penetrate through the two sidewalls. The two installing bases are disposed in the host, wherein each installing base has an abutting portion and an installing portion connected to each other. The abutting portion of each installing base abuts against an inner edge of the corresponding sidewall, and the installing portion of each installing base is exposed outside of the host through the corresponding installing groove. The two connection elements are respectively installed onto the two installing portions of the two installing bases. The head belt has two opposite connection portions, and the two connection portions are respectively connected to the two connection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: STARVR CORPORATION, Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Yu Chen, Ker-Wei Lin, Chun-Ta Chen, Hao-Ming Chang, Chun-Hsien Chen, Jen-Chieh Shih, Chih-Heng Tsou, Hui-Ping Sun, Wei-Chih Wang, Yen-Chou Chueh, Kuan-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 11262794
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a host, a main display, a keyboard, an auxiliary display, and a supporting mechanism. The main display is pivotally connected to the host. The keyboard is slidably disposed on the host. The auxiliary display is disposed on the host and is arranged side by side with the keyboard. The auxiliary display includes a movable end and a lifting end, the keyboard contacts the movable end, and the movable end is slidably connected to the host. The supporting mechanism includes a first link, a second link, and a third link. The first link is slidably connected to the host and is pivotally connected to the second link. The second link is pivotally connected to the host and is pivotally connected to the third link. The third link is pivotally connected to the lifting end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Wen, Chun-Hsien Chen, Hui-Ping Sun
  • Patent number: 11251086
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices, fin field effect transistor (FinFET) devices, and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a first fin and a second fin. A first epitaxial fin is disposed over the first fin, and a second epitaxial fin is disposed over the second fin. The second fin is proximate the first fin. The first epitaxial fin and the second epitaxial fin have an upper portion with a substantially pillar shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Li Wang, Chih-Sheng Chang, Sey-Ping Sun
  • Patent number: 11236612
    Abstract: An advanced monitoring device and an implementation method for a whole-process deformation curve of a surrounding rock during tunnel excavation is disclosed, comprising a steel pipe elastic body, a cathetometer structure and an embedded optical fiber, and an implementation step; the cathetometer is an equidistant series structure, and fixed in the steel pipe; the embedded optical fiber is encapsulated in the surface slot of the steel pipe; the cathetometer and the embedded optical fiber and the steel pipe form a deformation coordination structure, and the deformation of the surrounding rock can be deduced by calculating the variation of the cathetometer and the deformation of the optical fiber. The invention can test and calculate the deformation curve of the surrounding rock in front of the excavation face during tunnel excavation, and provide support for engineering dynamic design, construction and safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaogang Wang, Lipeng Liu, Yujie Wang, Yongyu Ling, Yufeng Zhao, Xingsong Sun, Qingwei Duan, Ruizhi Fu, Ruilang Cao, Ping Sun, Jin Pi, Long Jiang, Xingchao Lin
  • Publication number: 20220019263
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device having multiple screens is provided. The foldable electronic device includes a first screen, a worm rod, a moving member, at least one second screen, and at least one linking rod. The worm rod is rotatably disposed on the first screen. The moving member is coupled to the worm rod to move along the worm rod when the worm rod rotates. The second screen is movably disposed on the first screen. The linking rod is pivotally connected between the moving member and the second screen. When the moving part moves along the worm rod, the second screen is driven to move away from or closed to the worm rod by the linking rod, so that the second screen moves out of the first screen or is accommodated behind the first screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hui-Ping Sun, Yen-Chou Chueh, Chun-Hung Wen, Chun-Hsien Chen
  • Publication number: 20220010213
    Abstract: A process for pyrolysis of a mixed plastic stream that contains polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is provided in which the chloride from PVC is removed from an initial melting reactor that heats the mixed plastic stream to a sufficient temperature to produce HCl but at a low enough temperature to avoid production of organochlorides. Chloride is primarily removed in a vapor stream from the initial melting reactor, while additional chloride removal may be removed downstream from the melting reactor by the use of sorbent addition to the pyrolysis reactor and by subsequent adsorbent beds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ping Sun, Jeffrey Tyska, Joseph A. Montalbano
  • Publication number: 20220011208
    Abstract: A quantitative evaluation method for activation energy of pyrolysis of graded diesel particulates is disclosed, relating to the technical field of diesel particulate emission. The present disclosure includes four major steps: grading of particulates, pretreatment of the particulates, thermogravimetry test for the particulates in different particle size ranges, and mathematical analysis on obtained thermogravimetric data by using a Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO) formula. The particulates are collected and treated by using a micro-orifice uniform deposit impactor and a thermogravimetric analyzer, to obtain thermogravimetry/differential thermogravimetry (TG/DTG) curves of the particulates in different particle size ranges, and final activation energy values of pyrolysis of the particulates in different particle size ranges are obtained by linear fitting of the obtained data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Junheng LIU, Qian JI, Ping SUN
  • Publication number: 20220010217
    Abstract: A plastic pyrolysis process that can produce high yields of ethylene, propylene and other light olefins from waste plastics is disclosed. The plastic feed is pyrolyzed at a low-temperature pyrolysis process and subsequently pyrolyzed in a high-temperature pyrolysis process directly to monomers, such as ethylene and propylene. Insufficiently pyrolyzed product from the low-temperature pyrolysis process can be fed to the high-temperature pyrolysis process while preserving the desired low-temperature product monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Paul T. Barger, Yili Shi, Ping Sun, Joseph A. Montalbano, Michael S. Allegro, II, Lev Davydov
  • Publication number: 20210409891
    Abstract: A computer converts each content sources from textual content to speech comprising a separate audio selection. The computer applies, to each audio selection, one or more speech attributes to specify the audio attributes that select a respective position of the respective audio selection from among multiple positions within a multidimensional sound space and audibly distinguish one or more characteristics of the respective audio selection from other audio selections, wherein the respective position of the respective audio selection reflects a rank of the respective audio selection as ordered by interest to a user. The computer outputs a simultaneous stream of the multiple audio selections to an audio output device for stereo play of the audio selections within the multiple positions within the multidimensional sound space to the user, with the multiple positions reflecting the content sources ordered by interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: DA WEI ZHANG, KE CHEN, YU PING SUN, HOU PING JIA, XIAOGUANG MO
  • Publication number: 20210365069
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a host, a main display, a keyboard, an auxiliary display, and a supporting mechanism. The main display is pivotally connected to the host. The keyboard is slidably disposed on the host. The auxiliary display is disposed on the host and is arranged side by side with the keyboard. The auxiliary display includes a movable end and a lifting end, the keyboard contacts the movable end, and the movable end is slidably connected to the host. The supporting mechanism includes a first link, a second link, and a third link. The first link is slidably connected to the host and is pivotally connected to the second link. The second link is pivotally connected to the host and is pivotally connected to the third link. The third link is pivotally connected to the lifting end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Wen, Chun-Hsien Chen, Hui-Ping Sun
  • Publication number: 20210272849
    Abstract: A fin structure is on a substrate. The fin structure includes an epitaxial region having an upper surface and an under-surface. A contact structure on the epitaxial region includes an upper contact portion and a lower contact portion. The upper contact portion includes a metal layer over the upper surface and a barrier layer over the metal layer. The lower contact portion includes a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) contact along the under-surface. The MIS contact includes a dielectric layer on the under-surface and the barrier layer on the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Sung-Li Wang, Neng-Kuo Chen, Ding-Kang Shih, Meng-Chun Chang, Yi-An Lin, Gin-Chen Huang, Chen-Feng Hsu, Hau-Yu Lin, Chih-Hsin Ko, Sey-Ping Sun, Clement Hsingjen Wann
  • Publication number: 20210240230
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body, a second body pivoted to the first body and a magnetic force mechanism. The first body includes a driving portion. The second body includes a casing, a flexible display and a supporting mechanism movably disposed in the casing. The flexible display is attached to the supporting mechanism. The magnetic force mechanism is disposed in the casing, wherein a portion of the magnetic force mechanism is exposed from the casing and abuts against the driving portion. The magnetic force mechanism is magnetically coupled to the supporting mechanism, wherein the magnetic force mechanism generates a magnetic attraction force or a magnetic repulsion force to the supporting mechanism by the second body rotating relative to the first body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Wen, Wei-Chih Wang, Chi-Tai Ho, Yu-Cheng Shih, Hui-Ping Sun, Chun-Hsien Chen, Kuan-Lin Chen, Chih-Heng Tsou, Yen-Chou Chueh
  • Publication number: 20210188799
    Abstract: The invention discloses a synthesis method and device for rapidly producing lactide at high yield. The method comprises: adding a single component of lactic acid or two components of lactic acid and catalyst, passing the mixture through a mixer to enter an oligomer preparation system, increasing a residence time through bottom circulation, synthesizing oligomeric lactic acid, and passing a gas-phase component through a rectification system. With the adoption of the device, the lactide is capable of being efficiently synthesized, crude lactide with a yield of 94% to 98% is capable of being obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Wei JIANG, Yunbiao QI, Ping SUN, Wei HUANG, Aimin LI, Quanxing ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11028326
    Abstract: The subject process enhances catalytic activity for demetallization and desulfurization of a residue feed stream by splitting a recycle hydrogen stream and feeding each of the split hydrogen streams to the first and second stages of demetallation and desulfurization, respectively, with interstage separation. The recycle hydrogen stream may first undergo scrubbing to remove acid gases and compression before recycle. The recycle hydrogen stream is taken from a first hot vapor stream from the first hydrotreating unit and a second hot vapor stream from the second hydrotreating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventor: Ping Sun
  • Patent number: 11023015
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body, a second body pivoted to the first body and a magnetic force mechanism. The first body includes a driving portion. The second body includes a casing, a flexible display and a supporting mechanism movably disposed in the casing. The flexible display is attached to the supporting mechanism. The magnetic force mechanism includes a sliding rod slidably disposed at the casing, a first magnet, a second magnet and a third magnet. The first magnet is disposed at the sliding rod and faces the supporting mechanism. The second magnet and the third magnet are disposed at the supporting mechanism and face the sliding rod. The sliding rod has a driven end exposed from the casing and abuts against the driving portion. The first magnet is aligned with the second magnet or is aligned with the third magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Wen, Wei-Chih Wang, Chi-Tai Ho, Yu-Cheng Shih, Hui-Ping Sun, Chun-Hsien Chen, Kuan-Lin Chen, Chih-Heng Tsou, Yen-Chou Chueh
  • Publication number: 20210149453
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body, a second body pivoted to the first body and a magnetic force mechanism. The first body includes a driving portion. The second body includes a casing, a flexible display and a supporting mechanism movably disposed in the casing. The flexible display is attached to the supporting mechanism. The magnetic force mechanism includes a sliding rod slidably disposed at the casing, a first magnet, a second magnet and a third magnet. The first magnet is disposed at the sliding rod and faces the supporting mechanism. The second magnet and the third magnet are disposed at the supporting mechanism and face the sliding rod. The sliding rod has a driven end exposed from the casing and abuts against the driving portion. The first magnet is aligned with the second magnet or is aligned with the third magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Wen, Wei-Chih Wang, Chi-Tai Ho, Yu-Cheng Shih, Hui-Ping Sun, Chun-Hsien Chen, Kuan-Lin Chen, Chih-Heng Tsou, Yen-Chou Chueh
  • Patent number: 10971693
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light emitting device, a method for preparing the same and a display device. The light emitting device includes a cathode layer, a quantum dot light emitting layer, a hole injection layer and an anode layer which are laminated. The hole injection layer includes a complex metal oxide film comprising two metal oxides that is at least partially oxidated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jiantai Wang, Rubo Xing, Xiaolong Yang, Huimin Liu, Ping Sun, Dong Wei