Patents by Inventor Ping Yuan

Ping Yuan 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).

  • Systems and methods to detect heater malfunction and prevent dry burning
    Patent number: 10365009
    Abstract: A heater, e.g. an anti-freezing heater, is disclosed. The heater can be configured to set off an alarm when a heating element is broken or malfunctioning. The heater can also be configured to connect the heating element to a relatively low voltage when the heating element may experience a dry burning condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC., TRANE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS (CHINA) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nipeng Cong, Hua Zhao, Ping Yuan
  • LIQUID-COLLECTING MECHANISM WITH ARRAYED MESH COLLECTION AREA AND SMART TOILET CONTAINING SAME
    Publication number: 20190216442
    Abstract: A liquid collecting mechanism that includes a liquid collection tube arm and a liquid collection tube head fixed at a front end of the tube arm. A sealing spacer is arranged at a joint connecting the liquid collection tube head and the liquid collection tube arm, and the liquid collection tube head is internally provided with a liquid collection cavity. An area of the liquid collection tube head located above the liquid collection cavity is a mesh collection area, and a plurality of collecting holes is provided in the mesh collection area. The mechanism includes a liquid suction tube passing through the tube arm and tube head, and the liquid suction tube has an open first end located in the liquid collection cavity and an open second end configured to connect with a pump body mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Qin Zhiyu, Qintao Sun, Ping Yuan
  • TARGET STRUCTURE OF PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
    Publication number: 20190003037
    Abstract: A sputtering target structure includes a body having a first side and an opposing second side. A first sputtering target is coupled to the first side of the body. The first sputtering target includes a first material. A second sputtering target is coupled to the second side of the body. The second sputtering target includes a second material. A rotation mechanism is coupled to the body and is configured to allow rotation of the body from a first orientation to a second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ping-Yuan CHEN, HUNG-CHENG CHEN, CHIH-HSUA HSIEH, YU-HSUAN WANG
  • Voltage regulator with noise cancellation function
    Patent number: 10146239
    Abstract: Disclosed is a voltage regulator. The voltage regulator includes a reference voltage circuit, a noise cancellation circuit, an error amplifier, a pass transistor and a voltage divider. The voltage regulator can cancel the noise generated by the reference voltage circuit and the error amplifier, and also can improve its Power Supply Rejection Ratio (PSRR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventor: Ping-Yuan Deng
  • WASHING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180333754
    Abstract: A washing device includes a main body, a water system, and a drying system. The main body includes a first washing zone, a second washing zone, and a drying zone. A transporting device transports an object to make it pass through the first washing zone, the second washing zone, and the drying zone. The first washing zone has a first water outlet, and the second washing zone has a second water outlet. The water system includes a heater for heating water and a tank. A first pipe connects the heater and the first water outlet, and a second pipe connects the heater and the tank. An outlet pipe connects the tank and the second water outlet. A collecting structure collects waste water and injects into the tank. The drying system is adapted to supply air flow to the drying zone for drying the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventor: PING-YUAN LIAO
  • Low excess noise, high gain avalanche photodiodes
    Patent number: 10128397
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for an avalanche photodiode with an enhanced multiplier layer are disclosed herein. In particular, the present disclosure teaches an avalanche photodiode having a multiplier with alternating layers of one or more quantum wells and one or more spacers. A method of making the avalanche photodiode includes growing the multiplier on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Xiaogang Bai, Ping Yuan, Rengarajan Sudharsanan
  • KEY WITH BALANCE RODS AND KEYBOARD
    Publication number: 20180323024
    Abstract: A key with balance rods and a keyboard are provided. The key includes a base plate. A sensing component is disposed on the base plate. An intermediate plate is disposed on the sensing component. The intermediate plate has a key hole and a receiving chamber which penetrate upper and lower surfaces of the intermediate plate. A keying portion is disposed on the base plate. Balance rods are disposed between a lower surface of the keying portion and a lower surface of the intermediate plate or base plate. Two balance rods run in the direction of X-axis or the direction of Y-axis, whereas one balance rod runs in the other direction and between the two balance rods. The three balance rods neither cross nor overlap. The key with balance rods and the keyboard have a comfortable feel and are applicable to laptops with thin keyboards, tablets, and smartphone keyboards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jian-Ping YUAN, Hui-Hu LIANG
  • SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180261565
    Abstract: A semiconductor package structure is disclosed. The semiconductor package structure comprises a plurality of layered structures, a plurality of wires, and a first ring structure. The wires are connected to each of the layered structures. The first ring structure is coupled to at least one of the layered structures and positioned between the wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hsiao-Tsung YEN, Ping-Yuan DENG, Yuh-Sheng JEAN, Ta-Hsun YEH
  • Touch-sensing liquid crystal panel and fabrication method thereof
    Patent number: 10025131
    Abstract: A touch-sensing liquid crystal panel and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The touch-sensing liquid crystal panel includes a color filter substrate and a transistor substrate. In the fabrication method, at first, a first glass substrate is provided. Thereafter, a sensing matrix is formed on a first surface of the first glass substrate at a baking temperature. The sensing matrix is formed from indium tin oxide (ITO), and a sheet resistance of the sensing matrix is equal to or less than 30 ohm/square. Then, color filters and a common electrode are disposed on a second surface of the first glass substrate to form a color filter substrate, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface. Thereafter, the transistor substrate is provided and combined with the color filter substrate. Thereafter, a slimming process is performed to slim a second glass substrate of the transistor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hsu-Ho Wu, Ping-Yuan Su, Yu-Cheng Lin, Hsing-Ying Lee, Kun-Hua Tsai
  • Electronic device and image displaying method thereof for catching and outputting image stream
    Patent number: 10021342
    Abstract: An electronic device and an image displaying method are disclosed. The electronic device mainly comprises a sensing module, a signal processor and a display. The sensing module catches a plurality of first images with a first frequency or a first period or catches a plurality of second images with a second frequency or a second period. The signal processor receives the second images and outputs a plurality of third images correspondingly. The display presents the first images or the third images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ping-Yuan Hsieh, Hong-Tze Chen
  • COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20180081031
    Abstract: A coherent lidar system suitable for use on an automated vehicle includes a laser-unit, a lens, a coupler, and a polarized-beam-splitter. The laser-unit is used to provide a laser-beam directed toward a target-area and generate a local-oscillator. The local-oscillator is characterized by a reference-polarization. The lens is used to collect reflected-light that is a reflection of the laser-beam by a target present in the target-area. The coupler is used to combine the reflected-light collected by the lens and the local-oscillator to form a composite-beam. The polarized-beam-splitter used to provide a first-beam that corresponds to the composite-beam polarized to a first-polarization, and a second-beam that corresponds to the composite-beam polarized to a second-polarization different from the first-polarization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Ping Yuan
  • VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH NOISE CANCELLATION FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20180059696
    Abstract: Disclosed is a voltage regulator. The voltage regulator includes a reference voltage circuit, a noise cancellation circuit, an error amplifier, a pass transistor and a voltage divider. The voltage regulator can cancel the noise generated by the reference voltage circuit and the error amplifier, and also can improve its Power Supply Rejection Ratio (PSRR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: PING-YUAN DENG
  • A Method for Resource Release
    Publication number: 20180042032
    Abstract: A method is provided for handling resources for uplink semi-persistent scheduling transmission, wherein the resources are reserved periodically for a specific service, the method including monitoring data transmitted on the semi-persistent scheduling reserved resources and dynamic scheduled resource, checking whether a specific data element related to the specific service has not been received consecutively for a predefined period on the semi-persistent scheduling reserved resources and dynamic scheduled resource, and determining, when the specific data element has not been received for the predefined period, that the use of the specific service has ended. When it is determined that the use of the specific service has ended, an explicit release for the semi-persistent scheduling reserved resources may be triggered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Ping YUAN, Hui Yu YUAN, Tianyang QI
  • Prioritized Sensor Data Processing Using Map Information For Automated Vehicles
    Publication number: 20170307743
    Abstract: An object-detection system for an automated vehicle includes an object-detector, a digital-map, and a controller. The object-detector is used to observe a field-of-view proximate to a host-vehicle. The digital-map is used to indicate a roadway-characteristic proximate to the host-vehicle. The controller is configured to define a region-of-interest within the field-of-view based on the roadway-characteristic, and preferentially-process information from the object-detector that corresponds to the region-of-interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Izzat H. Izzat, Ping Yuan
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT HEATER MALFUNCTION AND PREVENT DRY BURNING
    Publication number: 20170284698
    Abstract: A heater, e.g. an anti-freezing heater, is disclosed. The heater can be configured to set off an alarm when a heating element is broken or malfunction. The heater can also be configured to connect the heating element to a relatively low voltage when the heating element may experience a dry burning condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Nipeng CONG, Hua ZHAO, Ping YUAN
  • Avalanche photodiode detector
    Patent number: 9570647
    Abstract: An avalanche photodiode detector is provided. The avalanche photodiode detector comprises an absorber region having an absorption layer for receiving incident photons and generating charged carriers; and a multiplier region having a multiplication layer; wherein the multiplier region is on a mesa structure separate from the absorber region and is coupled to the absorber region by a bridge for transferring charged carriers between the absorber region and multiplier region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Ping Yuan, Joseph C. Boisvert, Dmitri D. Krut, Rengarajan Sudharsanan
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODULAR LADAR SCANNING
    Publication number: 20160306043
    Abstract: A laser distance and ranging (LADAR) array is provided. The LADAR array includes a plurality of LADAR modules, each LADAR module configured to scan a laser beam through a field of view (FOV) and output a signal indicative of a distance between each LADAR module and objects in the FOV that the laser beam is incident upon, and a central processing device communicatively coupled to the plurality of LADAR modules, the central processing device configured to generate an output based at least in part on the signals of each LADAR module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Douglas Moss, Scott B. Singer, Alexander C. Standridge, Ping Yuan, Rengarajan Sudharsanan
  • Touch-sensing liquid crystal panel
    Patent number: 9454029
    Abstract: A touch-sensing liquid crystal panel is provided and includes a color filter substrate and a transistor substrate. The color filter substrate includes a first substrate, a sensing array, touch-sensing circuit contact pads, and color filters. The transistor substrate includes a second substrate and pixel units. In one embodiment, the first substrate has a first edge region and a second edge region having the same width. In another embodiment, the touch-sensing circuit contact pads are disposed at the first edge region and the second edge region of the first substrate, and each conductive pattern in the sensing array is connected to the touch-sensing circuit contact pads of the first edge region and the second edge region. In another embodiment, each conductive pattern of the sensing array includes two first conductive patterns and conductive pattern rows disposed between the first conductive patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hsu-Ho Wu, Yu-Cheng Lin, Ping-Yuan Su, Kun-Hua Tsai, Hsing-Ying Lee
  • TOUCH-SENSING LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160246095
    Abstract: A touch-sensing liquid crystal panel and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The touch-sensing liquid crystal panel includes a color filter substrate and a transistor substrate. In the fabrication method, at first, a first glass substrate is provided. Thereafter, a sensing matrix is formed on a first surface of the first glass substrate at a baking temperature. The sensing matrix is formed from indium tin oxide (ITO), and a sheet resistance of the sensing matrix is equal to or less than 30 ohm/square. Then, color filters and a common electrode are disposed on a second surface of the first glass substrate to form a color filter substrate, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface. Thereafter, the transistor substrate is provided and combined with the color filter substrate. Thereafter, a slimming process is performed to slim a second glass substrate of the transistor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Hsu-Ho WU, Ping-Yuan SU, Yu-Cheng LIN, Hsing-Ying LEE, Kun-Hua TSAI
  • TOUCH-SENSING LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160246112
    Abstract: A touch-sensing liquid crystal panel and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The touch-sensing liquid crystal panel includes a color filter substrate and a transistor substrate. In the fabrication method, at first, a first glass substrate is provided. Thereafter, a sensing matrix is formed on a first surface of the first glass substrate at a baking temperature. The sensing matrix is formed from indium tin oxide (ITO), and a sheet resistance of the sensing matrix is equal to or less than 30 ohm/square. Then, color filters and a common electrode are disposed on a second surface of the first glass substrate to form a color filter substrate, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface. Thereafter, the transistor substrate is provided and combined with the color filter substrate. Thereafter, a slimming process is performed to slim a second glass substrate of the transistor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Hsu-Ho WU, Ping-Yuan SU, Yu-Cheng LIN, Hsing-Ying LEE, Kun-Hua TSAI