Patents by Inventor Rick LI

Rick LI 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: 11460376
    Abstract: A vehicle scratch detection system includes a scratch detection element, disposed on a vehicle body and capable of detecting a scratch of the vehicle body, a control unit, configured to be capable of analyzing and processing detection information of the scratch detection element and determining information related to scratch, and an alarm device. The control unit is capable of triggering the alarm device to send an alarm signal according to a result of the analyzing and processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wenhui Lei, Rick Li
  • Patent number: 10958846
    Abstract: A method for configuring a sensor, which is adapted to be installed on a moving object, includes obtaining localization information of the sensor from a localization device, obtaining characteristic information and localization information of at least one element from a digital map, and choosing one or more elements of the at least one element in the digital map. The method also includes configuring the sensor according to the characteristic information and/or the localization information of the one or more chosen elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maximilian Doemling, Sebastian Granzow, Wanli Jiang, Qianshan Li, Rick Li, Bill Lv, Ivan Xu, Tomas Xu
  • Patent number: 10740962
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for uncertainty modeling of a point cloud and a non-transient storage medium are provided. The method finds the neighboring points for each point; fits a local quadratic surface for each point; and generates a Gaussian Model (GM) for representing the uncertainty modeling of the local surface at each point. The GM is constructed in a piece-wise manner on the underlying surface of the point cloud, which will accurately model the surface uncertainty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maximilian Doemling, Sebastian Granzow, Wanli Jiang, Qianshan Li, Rick Li, Bill Lv, Ivan Xu, Tomas Xu
  • Publication number: 20200116593
    Abstract: A vehicle scratch detection system includes a scratch detection element, disposed on a vehicle body and capable of detecting a scratch of the vehicle body, a control unit, configured to be capable of analyzing and processing detection information of the scratch detection element and determining information related to scratch, and an alarm device. The control unit is capable of triggering the alarm device to send an alarm signal according to a result of the analyzing and processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Wenhui LEI, Rick LI
  • Publication number: 20190360817
    Abstract: A method for localization of a moving object includes obtaining a digital map comprising road feature information, receiving position change information of the moving object, and obtaining trace feature information of the moving object by processing the position change information of the moving object. The method further includes determining a localization of the moving object according to similarity between the trace feature information of the moving object and the road feature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Maximilian DOEMLING, Sebastian GRANZOW, Wanli JIANG, Qianshan LI, Rick LI, Bill LV, Ivan XU, Tomas XU
  • Publication number: 20190364219
    Abstract: A method for configuring a sensor, which is adapted to be installed on a moving object, includes obtaining localization information of the sensor from a localization device, obtaining characteristic information and localization information of at least one element from a digital map, and choosing one or more elements of the at least one element in the digital map. The method also includes configuring the sensor according to the characteristic information and/or the localization information of the one or more chosen elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Maximilian DOEMLING, Sebastian GRANZOW, Wanli JIANG, Qianshan LI, Rick LI, Bill LV, Ivan XU, Tomas XU
  • Publication number: 20190311532
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for uncertainty modeling of a point cloud and a non-transient storage medium are provided. The method finds the neighboring points for each point; fits a local quadratic surface for each point; and generates a Gaussian Model (GM) for representing the uncertainty modeling of the local surface at each point. The GM is constructed in a piece-wise manner on the underlying surface of the point cloud, which will accurately model the surface uncertainty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Maximilian DOEMLING, Sebastian GRANZOW, Wanli JIANG, Qianshan LI, Rick LI, Bill LV, Ivan XU, Tomas XU
  • Patent number: 9284459
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, an alkaline-earth-metal boron tellurium oxide, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Zhigang Rick Li, Kurt Richard Mikeska, David Herbert Roach, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Patent number: 9129725
    Abstract: A paste composition contains an electrically conductive silver powder, one or more glass frits or fluxes, and a lithium compound dispersed in an organic medium. The paste is useful in forming an electrical contact on the front side of a solar cell device having an insulating layer. The lithium compound aids in establishing a low-resistance electrical contact between the front-side metallization and underlying semiconductor substrate during firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven Dale Ittel, Zhigang Rick Li, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Publication number: 20150161614
    Abstract: The present patent application provides a convenient and efficient system for processing donations. The system includes a donation processing platform which manages a plurality of fund accounts that can be classified into private funds and public funds. Users can use different user devices such as computers, smart phones or PDA to communicate with the donation processing platform. As system members of the donation processing platform, the users can make donations in the system, apply for fund and approve the application of fund for certain cases. By using the system of the present patent application, it is easy to manage the donations and applications of fund.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventor: Rick Li-Kei Tsing
  • Publication number: 20150120528
    Abstract: An electronic donation management system includes: a server, the server including a processor; and a platform in communication with the server, the platform being connected with the Internet and accessible to a plurality of users through the Internet. The platform is a web application being configured to generate a website and a mobile application. The platform is configured to receive donation and loan related data from the users and send the data to the server. The server is configured to store the data, to grant appropriate memberships to the users respectively, and to activate functions that correspond to the memberships for the users respectively. The processor is configured to make calculations based on the data and make donation and loan related decisions according to the calculations. An electronic donation management method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Rick Li-Kei Tsing
  • Publication number: 20150068598
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, an alkaline-earth-metal boron tellurium oxide, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: ZHIGANG RICK LI, Kurt Richard Mikeska, David Herbert Roach, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Patent number: 8900488
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, an alkaline-earth-metal boron tellurium oxide, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Zhigang Rick Li, Kurt Richard Mikeska, David Herbert Roach, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Patent number: 8879905
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system for performance monitoring in a passive optic network (PON). The system includes an optical line terminal (OLT) and an optical network unit (ONU). The OLT includes an optical transceiver configured to transmit optical signals to and receive optical signals from the ONU, and a performance monitoring mechanism configured to monitor performance of the PON based on received optical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Weidong Rick Li, Jaroslaw Wojtowicz
  • Patent number: 8798470
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an EPON for transporting RF signals. The system includes a reference clock, an ONU, and an OLT. The ONU includes a mechanism for receiving a frequency and phase-reference signal from the OLT, a mechanism for receiving an RF signal, an ADC for converting the RF signal into a digital signal using a sampling signal associated with the frequency and phase-reference signal, a mechanism for assembling at least a portion of the digital signal into a packet, a mechanism configured to timestamp the packet, and an optical transceiver. The OLT includes a mechanism for receiving the packet, a buffer, a delay mechanism configured to delay reading the received packet from the buffer for a predetermined amount of time, and a DAC for converting the digital signal included in the packet back to RF domain using a clock signal associated with the frequency and phase-reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Edward W. Boyd, Weidong Rick Li
  • Publication number: 20140061830
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, an alkaline-earth-metal boron tellurium oxide, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ZHIGANG RICK LI, Kurt Richard Mikeska, David Herbert Roach, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Publication number: 20130251362
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system for performance monitoring in a passive optic network (PON). The system includes an optical line terminal (OLT) and an optical network unit (ONU). The OLT includes an optical transceiver configured to transmit optical signals to and receive optical signals from the ONU, and a performance monitoring mechanism configured to monitor performance of the PON based on received optical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Weidong Rick Li, Jaroslaw Wojtowicz
  • Patent number: 8486308
    Abstract: A lead-free paste composition contains an electrically conductive silver powder, one or more glass frits or fluxes, and a lithium compound dispersed in an organic medium. The paste is useful in forming an electrical contact on the front side of a solar cell device having an insulating layer. The lithium compound aids in establishing a low-resistance electrical contact between the front-side metallization and underlying semiconductor substrate during firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Steven Dale Ittel, Zhigang Rick Li, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Patent number: 8442398
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system for performance monitoring in a passive optic network (PON). The system includes an optical line terminal (OLT) and an optical network unit (ONU). The OLT includes an optical transceiver configured to transmit optical signals to and receive optical signals from the ONU, and a performance monitoring mechanism configured to monitor performance of the PON based on received optical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Weidong Rick Li, Jaroslaw Wojtowicz
  • Publication number: 20130000714
    Abstract: A paste composition contains an electrically conductive silver powder, one or more glass frits or fluxes, and a lithium compound dispersed in an organic medium. The paste is useful in forming an electrical contact on the front side of a solar cell device having an insulating layer. The lithium compound aids in establishing a low-resistance electrical contact between the front-side metallization and underlying semiconductor substrate during firing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: STEVEN DALE ITTEL, Zhigang Rick Li, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Paul Douglas Vernooy