Patents by Inventor Qiang Chen

Qiang Chen 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).

  • Heat dissipation device
    Patent number: 8917503
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device is mounted in a chassis of an information handling apparatus. The heat dissipation device includes a box and a cooling member, a first heat sink, a second heat sink, and a fan received in the box. A partitioning plate mounted inside the box. The box includes defines two air passage arranged at opposite sides of the partitioning plate. The cooling member is fixed to the partitioning plate. The first and second heat sinks are respectively received in the first and second air passages, and respectively abut cold and hot sides of the cooling member. The fan drives air to flow into the box through the first air passage to be cooled by the first heat sink. At the same time, the fan drives air to flow into the box through the second air passage to absorb heat from the second heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qiang Chen
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AIR BLOWER
    Publication number: 20140363315
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, and an air blower arranged in the housing. The air blower includes a base, which receives a fan and defines a number of through slots, and an air duct located on the base. The air duct includes an inner sidewall, an outer sidewall enclosing the inner sidewall, and two connecting plates closing the outer sidewall and the inner sidewall. The outer sidewall, the inner sidewall, and the connecting plates together form a frame-shaped air channel. The outer sidewall defines an inlet communicating with the base. A frame-shaped outlet portion is defined at an outer surface of the inner sidewall. The outlet portion defines an outlet channel communicating with the air channel. The outlet portion defines a frame-shaped outletinner sidewall communicating with the outlet channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: QIANG CHEN, JIAN LUO
  • Image recognition device, image recognition method, and integrated circuit
    Patent number: 8897578
    Abstract: An image recognition device that improves the accuracy of generic object recognition compared with conventional technologies by reducing the influence of the position, size, background clutter and the like of an object that is targeted to be recognized in the input image by the generic object recognition. The image recognition device performs a generic object recognition and includes: a segmenting unit configured to segment an input image into a plurality of regions in accordance with meanings extracted from content of the input image; a generating unit configured to compute feature data for each of the plurality of regions and generate feature data of the input image reflecting the computed feature data; and a checking unit configured to check whether or not a recognition-target object is present in the input image in accordance with the feature data of the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Zhongyang Huang, Yang Hua, Shuicheng Yan, Qiang Chen, Ryouichi Kawanishi
  • Aligning script animations with display refresh
    Patent number: 8884970
    Abstract: Various embodiments align callbacks to a scripting component that enable the scripting component to update animation, with a system's refresh notifications. Specifically, an application program interface (API) is provided and implemented in a manner that generates and issues a callback to the scripting component when the system receives a refresh notification. This provides the scripting component with a desirable amount of time to run before the next refresh notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: M. David Fields, Jr., Cenk Ergan, Qiang Chen, Michael D. Decker, Katerina V. Sedova, Karen Elizabeth Parker Anderson, Jatinder Singh Mann, Walter V. von Koch, Jason J. Weber
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SOCKET CONNECTOR USED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140329409
    Abstract: An electronic device and a socket connector used in the electronic device are presented. The socket connector comprises a housing and a flexible sheet-shaped conductor. The housing comprises a housing body. The flexible sheet-shaped conductor is fixed on the housing body and electrically connected to the housing body, wherein at least a portion of the flexible sheet-shaped conductor protrudes forward from a front end of the housing body so that the flexible sheet-shaped conductor is electrically connected to a casing of an electronic device when the socket connector is mounted in the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Bo Su, Zhi Li, Qiang Chen
  • Aligning script animations with display refresh
    Patent number: 8860735
    Abstract: Various embodiments align callbacks to a scripting component that enable the scripting component to update animation, with a system's refresh notifications. Specifically, an application program interface (API) is provided and implemented in a manner that generates and issues a callback to the scripting component when the system receives a refresh notification. This provides the scripting component with a desirable amount of time to run before the next refresh notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: M. David Fields, Jr., Cenk Ergan, Qiang Chen, Michael D. Decker, Katerina V. Sedova, Karen Elizabeth Parker Anderson, Jatinder Singh Mann, Walter V. von Koch, Jason J. Weber
  • Device housing and method for making same
    Patent number: 8841001
    Abstract: A device housing having an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate, an aluminum layer and a corrosion resistant layer formed on the aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate in that order is provided. The corrosion resistant layer is an Al—C—N gradient layer implanted with iridium ions by ion implantation process. The atomic percentages of N and C in the Al—C—N gradient layer both gradually increase from the area near the aluminum layer to the area away from aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate. Therefore the device housing has a high corrosion resistance. A method for making the device housing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsin-Pei Chang, Wen-Rong Chen, Huann-Wu Chiang, Cheng-Shi Chen, Xiao-Qiang Chen
  • Variable frequency Helmholtz resonator
    Patent number: 8839904
    Abstract: A variable frequency Helmholtz resonant cavity includes a Helmholtz resonant cavity body, two Helmholtz resonant cavity pipes with different cross-sectional areas and lengths and a control valve plate. The Helmholtz resonant cavity body is connected with the main pipe of the intake system via the Helmholtz resonant cavity pipes, and the control valve plate is disposed at the location where the two Helmholtz resonant cavity pipes meet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Mann+Hummel Filter (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Qiang Chen
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND PREVENTING FLOODING ATTACKS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140283043
    Abstract: A method for processing network traffic data includes receiving a packet, and determining whether the packet is a previously dropped packet that is being retransmitted. A method for processing network traffic content includes receiving a plurality of headers, the plurality of headers having respective first field values, and determining whether the first field values of the respective headers form a first prescribed pattern. A method for processing network traffic content includes receiving a plurality of packets, and determining an existence of a flooding attack without tracking each of the plurality of packets with a SYN bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohong Wei, Gang Duan, Zhong Qiang Chen, Bing Xie
  • Method and Device For Preventing Application in an Operating System From Being Uninstalled
    Publication number: 20140283044
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for preventing the application in an operating system from being uninstalled. The method includes monitoring the operation executed for the application; determining whether the operation executed for the application is to uninstall the application; displaying at the client a prompt whether it is agreed to uninstall the application, if the operation executed for the application is to uninstall the application; the prompt whether it is agreed to uninstall the application may be displayed at the client after the operation executed for the application is determined to uninstall the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Qiang CHEN
  • Reflectarray
    Patent number: 8836583
    Abstract: A reflectarray, including: a substrate; and a plurality of patches formed on each of areas into which a principal surface of the substrate is divided, wherein the plurality of patches are formed by including a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tohoku University
    Inventors: Tamami Maruyama, Tomoyuki Ohya, Tatsuo Furuno, Kunio Sawaya, Qiang Chen, Jianfeng Li, Shiwei Qu, Qiaowei Yuan
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND PREVENTING FLOODING ATTACKS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140259163
    Abstract: A method for processing network traffic data includes receiving a packet, and determining whether the packet or a session of the packet is associated with a flooding attack. Some embodiments are implemented on network switching devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohong Wei, Gang Duan, Zhong Qiang Chen, Bing Xie
  • METHOD FOR TERMINAL ACCELERATION, TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140208328
    Abstract: A method for terminal acceleration, a terminal and a storage medium is provided. The method includes steps of: detecting a memory resource occupied by all running application processes; determining whether the memory resource occupied by all running application processes reaches or is greater than a preset memory threshold; and terminating the running of at least one of all the running application processes according to the preset terminating conditions, when the memory resource occupied by all the running application processes reaches or is greater than the preset memory threshold, so that the terminal can be automatically accelerated according to the current utilization condition of its memory and the running application processes, the operating speed of the terminal may be improved, and the functions of the terminal may be further diversified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Qiang CHEN
  • IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE, IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20140193074
    Abstract: An image recognition device that improves the accuracy of generic object recognition compared with conventional technologies by reducing the influence of the position, size, background clutter and the like of an object that is targeted to be recognized in the input image by the generic object recognition. The image recognition device performs a generic object recognition and includes: a segmenting unit configured to segment an input image into a plurality of regions in accordance with meanings extracted from content of the input image; a generating unit configured to compute feature data for each of the plurality of regions and generate feature data of the input image reflecting the computed feature data; and a checking unit configured to check whether or not a recognition-target object is present in the input image in accordance with the feature data of the input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Zhongyang Huang, Yang Hua, Shuicheng Yan, Qiang Chen, Ryouichi Kawanishi
  • SOFTKEY MAGNIFICATION ON TOUCH SCREEN
    Publication number: 20140184513
    Abstract: A mobile computing device comprising a noncontact location sensor operable to detect the presence of an input object that enters a detectable region proximate to the touch screen panel. The sensor can produce location signals representing the location of the input means relative to a plurality of virtual input characters. Based on the location signals, a target virtual character can be identified and magnified to a more recognizable and accessible size before a user makes an input selection. Optionally, a series of virtual characters adjacent to the target character may also be magnified to facilitate the user to locate the desired character and improve user input accuracy. The noncontact location sensor may comprise an infrared location sensor, an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xianpeng Huang, Qiang Chen, Zhi Tan
  • LAPTOP COMPUTER COOLING STAND
    Publication number: 20140166234
    Abstract: A laptop computer cooling stand includes a main body, a number of semiconductor chilling plates, a number of first heat sinks, and a number of second heat sinks. The main body includes a base and a cover. The base defines a receiving space. The cover covers the receiving space and defines a number of openings. The semiconductor chilling plates are set in the receiving space. The first heat sinks are set on the semiconductor chilling plates. The first heat sinks are exposed through the opening of the cover. The second heat sinks are attached to a bottom of the base. The second heat sinks make contact with heat-dissipating sides of the semiconductor chilling plates through the base. The first heat sinks make contact with heat-collecting sides of the semiconductor chilling plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: QIANG CHEN
  • BRACKET OF ADD-IN CARD OF COMPUTER, ADD-IN CARD SYSTEM AND COMPUTER
    Publication number: 20140160662
    Abstract: A bracket of an add-in card of an electronic device is provided. The bracket, in one embodiment, includes a body in a shape of a sheet, wherein the body is provided with an opening, the opening configured to correspond to an interface adapter on the add-in card and expose an interface part of the interface adapter in an installed state when the bracket is installed to the add-in card. The bracket, in this embodiment, further includes a conductive component in electrical connection with the body, the conductive component configured to electrically connect with a housing of the interface adapter in the installed state, wherein at least a portion of the body is made of a conductive material so that the conductive component is electrically connected with a chassis via the body when installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhi Li, Qiang CHEN, Charlie J. Shu
  • Flat panel display stand base
    Patent number: D712690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Loctek Visual Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Lehong Xiang, Qiang Chen, Yi Ni
  • Flat panel display stand base
    Patent number: D712691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Loctek Visual Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Lehong Xiang, Qiang Chen, Lijun Wu
  • Stand connector for tablet computer
    Patent number: D719961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Loctek Visual Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Lehong Xiang, Qiang Chen, Lijun Wu