Patents by Inventor Ping Wang

Ping Wang 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: 11875934
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an iron-nitride material having a polycrystalline microstructure including a plurality of elongated crystallographic grains with grain boundaries, the iron-nitride material including at least one of an ??-Fe16N2 phase and a body-center-tetragonal (bct) phase comprising Fe and N. The disclosure is also directed a method producing an iron-nitride material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Md Mehedi, YanFeng Jiang, Bin Ma, Delin Zhang, Fan Zhang, Jinming Liu
  • Patent number: 11876631
    Abstract: A network information transmission method, comprising the following steps: receiving a first media information by a first terminal device; processing the first media information to obtain a processed first media information; integrating the processed first media information into a second media information to generate an integrated second media information; outputting the integrated second media information to a second terminal device through the network; decompressing the integrated second media information through the second terminal device; capturing the integrated second media information through the second terminal device; obtaining the first media information based on the integrated second media information; and playing the first media information by the second terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: AVERMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Song Kuo, Fu-Ping Wang
  • Publication number: 20240009864
    Abstract: Robotic systems and methods are provided with an end effector having lockable compliance. A robotic system for manipulating a workpiece includes an arm having a pair of sections connected by a joint assembly, with a lock disposed in the joint assembly. A gripper is connected on the arm and is configured to alternately grip and release the workpiece. A controller operates the lock to alternately lock and unlock the joint assembly. The gripper holds the workpiece during a deformation of the workpiece, while the controller may unlock the lock to allow movement of the joint assembly to relieve forces on the arm arising during a deformation of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Northwestern University
    Inventors: Joshua Lee Solomon, Hui-ping Wang, Lu Huang, Dalong Gao, Dohyun Leem
  • Publication number: 20240012146
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for multi-target multi-camera tracking. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method comprises: determining an overall local target trajectory set including a local target trajectory set of each camera by performing single-camera multi-target tracking on a corresponding image sequence provided by each camera of a plurality of cameras; and determining a global target trajectory set for the plurality of cameras by performing multi-camera multi-target matching on the overall local target trajectory set; wherein determining the global target trajectory set comprises: determining a cluster matched global trajectory set by clustering local target trajectories; determining a cost-minimum path set by implementing a cost-minimum path algorithm on a directed graph; and merging corresponding trajectories in the cluster matched global trajectory set based on the cost-minimum path set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Liuan WANG, Huigang ZHANG, Ping WANG, Jun SUN
  • Publication number: 20240006704
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery set and a battery monitoring unit, is provided. The battery set includes multiple battery units. The battery units are disposed side by side in a column direction. In the column direction, the battery unit located at one end of the battery set has an expansion portion. The expansion portion is formed in a center region of an end surface of the battery set in the column direction. The battery monitoring unit is disposed on the end surface of the battery set. In the column direction, the battery monitoring unit is staggered from the expansion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: CALB Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 11859271
    Abstract: An example composition may include a plurality of grains including an iron nitride phase. The plurality of grains may have an average grain size between about 10 nm and about 200 nm. An example technique may include treating a composition including a plurality of grains including an iron-based phase to adjust an average grain size of the plurality of grains to between about 20 nm and about 100 nm. The example technique may include nitriding the plurality of grains to form or grow an iron nitride phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, YanFeng Jiang, Md Mehedi, Yiming Wu, Bin Ma, Jinming Liu, Delin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11858734
    Abstract: A trash can includes a lid assembly including a lid and a retainer rim and a transition arrangement coupled with the lid assembly that enables the lid to be selectively transited between a normal state and a transition state. In the normal state, the lid is operable between an open state and a close state through a foot pedal. When the lid is pivotally lifted up to have an included angle larger than 90 degrees from the retainer rim, the lid is in the transition state that would not fall back toward the retainer rim and the retainer rim is able to be lifted up to rest on said lid for replacing trash bag until the retainer rim is moved back to site on an upper edge of a shell of the trash can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Shi Ping Wang, Wenbin Ye, Jiangqun Chen
  • Patent number: 11855011
    Abstract: Provided is a package structure and a method of forming the same. The package structure includes a semiconductor package, a stacked patch antenna structure, and a plurality of conductive connectors. The semiconductor package includes a die. The stacked patch antenna structure is disposed on the semiconductor package, and separated from the semiconductor package by an air cavity. The plurality of conductive connectors is disposed in the air cavity between the semiconductor package and the stacked patch antenna structure to connect the semiconductor package and the stacked patch antenna structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Yi Hsu, Kai-Chiang Wu, Yen-Ping Wang
  • Publication number: 20230406744
    Abstract: A method for treating a waste liquid comprises: step (A), adding a precursory oxidant to a waste liquid having a temperature of 25-70° C.; wherein, the precursory oxidant is hydrogen peroxide or sodium percarbonate, and in mg/L, a ratio of the precursory oxidant/the total amount of sulfide is 2.20 to 6.37; step (B), mixing an advanced oxidant and the waste liquid after step (A); wherein, the advanced oxidant is sodium persulfate or potassium persulfate, and in mg/L, a ratio of the advanced oxidant/COD after step (A) is 7.63 to 33.27; step (C), using UV illumination method to illuminate the oxidant dissolved in the waste liquid after step (B), and aerated with oxygen-containing gas. By the above-described method, it can achieve the purpose of sulfide conversion and degradation and removal of organic pollution composition under the condition free of the generation of H2S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: YI-FONG HUANG, SHIH-YUEN CHANG, PO-JEN CHIANG, I-CHENG CHOU, MAO-YUAN TU, YIH-PING WANG
  • Publication number: 20230413692
    Abstract: Disclosed are energy efficient ferroelectric devices and methods for making such devices. For example, a ferroelectric device may be a ferroelectric tunneling junction device that includes a graphene layer on a substrate. A tunneling layer may be disposed on a portion of the graphene layer. The tunneling layer may be a ferroelectric material. A metal electrical contact layer may be disposed over the tunneling layer and the graphene layer. Additionally, some embodiments may have an additional monolayer disposed between the tunneling layer and graphene layer. By specific engineering of such layers, tunneling electroresistance performance may be substantially improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng GONG, Tony LOW, Jian-Ping WANG
  • Publication number: 20230409575
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe an approach for database query processing with database clients. According to the approach, a first set of queries are obtained from a plurality of clients in communication with a database server. A second set of queries are generated by normalizing the first set of queries. A set of access paths corresponding to the second set of queries are determined for retrieving data from at least one of the plurality of clients and the database server. Data is retrieved from at least one of the plurality of clients and the database server based on the set of access paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shuo Li, Xiaobo Wang, Sheng Yan Sun, Ping Wang
  • Publication number: 20230407153
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are de-bondable polyurethane adhesives based on thermally expandable microspheres, obtainable or obtained by the reaction of the components of (A) at least one di- or polyisocyanate, (B) at least one polyol, (C) catalyst, (D) thermally expandable microspheres, and (E) other additives, wherein the isocyanate index of the reaction is set in the range of from 28 to 65. Additionally disclosed herein is a method of using the de-bondable polyurethane adhesives for de-bonding metal and cutting pad during wafer cutting. Further disclosed herein is a method of using the de-bondable polyurethane adhesives in mechanical property testing sample preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yuan Yan GU, Hong Tao SHAO, Hui GE, Li Ping WANG
  • Patent number: 11849648
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate, a first spacer on one side of the of the MTJ, a second spacer on another side of the MTJ, a first metal interconnection on the MTJ, and a liner adjacent to the first spacer, the second spacer, and the first metal interconnection. Preferably, each of a top surface of the MTJ and a bottom surface of the first metal interconnection includes a planar surface and two sidewalls of the first metal interconnection are aligned with two sidewalls of the MTJ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hui-Lin Wang, Chen-Yi Weng, Yi-Wei Tseng, Chin-Yang Hsieh, Jing-Yin Jhang, Yi-Hui Lee, Ying-Cheng Liu, Yi-An Shih, I-Ming Tseng, Yu-Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 11849592
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a logic region and a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) region, a MTJ on the MRAM region, a metal interconnection on the MTJ, and a blocking layer on the metal interconnection. Preferably, the blocking layer includes a stripe pattern according to a top view and the blocking layer could include metal or a dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jia-Rong Wu, I-Fan Chang, Rai-Min Huang, Ya-Huei Tsai, Yu-Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 11844498
    Abstract: A handheld surgical endoscope has a disposable, single-use handle, cannula and an imaging module at a distal tip. A multiple-use display unit is removably mounted on and supported by the handle and includes a touch-sensitive display screen configured to respond to touch commands to control taking of images with the imaging module and further configured to display the images. The display unit and the handle include respective mechanical connectors that engage each other to removably mount the display unit on the handle by sliding motion relative to each other, and the display unit is removable tool-free from said handle for disposal of the handle and cannula after a medical procedure therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: UroViu Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaolong Ouyang, Shih-Ping Wang, Robert K. Deckman
  • Publication number: 20230402592
    Abstract: A method of making lithium-ion battery anode comprising step (S1)-step (S3). step (S1): providing a nano-silicon material, and coating a positively charged carbonizable polymer on a surface of the nano-silicon material, to obtain a nano-silicon coated with the positively charged carbonizable polymer. Step (S2): adding CNTs and the nano-silicon coated with the positively charged carbonizable polymer to a solvent; and performing an ultrasonic dispersion to obtain a dispersion. And step (S3): vacuum filtering the dispersion, to obtain a composite film of the CNTs and the nano-silicon coated with positively charged carbonizable polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: ZI-XIN HONG, ZHEN-HAN FANG, JIA-PING WANG, SHOU-SHAN FAN
  • Publication number: 20230402582
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery anode is provided. The lithium-ion battery anode comprises a carbon nanotube three-dimensional network structure formed by a plurality of carbon nanotubes intertwined with each other. A plurality of nano-silicon particles coated with amorphous carbon, dispersed in the carbon nanotube three-dimensional network structure, and adhered to surfaces of the plurality of carbon nanotubes. The amorphous carbon is obtained by calcining a positively charged carbonizable polymer. And a carbon nanotube functional layer located on two opposite surfaces of the carbon nanotube three-dimensional network structure, to make the carbon nanotube three-dimensional network structure located between two carbon nanotube functional layers. The carbon nanotube functional layer comprises at least two super-aligned carbon nanotube films stacked and crossed with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: ZI-XIN HONG, ZHEN-HAN FANG, JIA-PING WANG, SHOU-SHAN FAN
  • Publication number: 20230403941
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate, a cap layer adjacent to and directly contacting the MTJ, a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer around the MTJ, a top electrode on the MTJ, a metal interconnection under the MTJ, and a second IMD layer around the metal interconnection. Preferably, the cap layer is a single layer structure made of dielectric material and an edge of the cap layer contacts the first IMD layer directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hui-Lin Wang, Po-kai Hsu, Hung-Yueh Chen, Yu-Ping Wang
  • Publication number: 20230398771
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a multifunctional laminate, a portable electronic device comprising an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) sheet, and methods for making and using the multifunctional laminate in a portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ping Wang, Chong Yang Wang, Zheyue Yang
  • Patent number: D1011679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nine Stars Group (U.S.A.) Inc.
    Inventors: Shi Ping Wang, Wenbin Ye, Jiangqun Chen