Patents by Inventor Sen Lin
Sen Lin 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).
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Publication number: 20260158388Abstract: In a method for interaction processing, a virtual scene that includes a first virtual object and a plurality of second virtual objects is displayed in a game interaction interface. Visual identifiers that each follow a respective second virtual object of the plurality of second virtual objects and, in a region adjacent to the first control element, a plurality of manipulation control elements that each indicate a respective visual identifier of the visual identifiers are displayed based on selection of a first control element associated with an interaction operation. The first virtual object is controlled, based on a selection of a particular manipulation control element of the plurality of manipulation control elements, to perform the interaction operation with a target virtual object that corresponds to a particular second virtual object that is followed by the respective visual identifier indicated by the selected particular manipulation control element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2025Publication date: June 11, 2026Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Tao WANG, Lei ZHENG, Sen LIN
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Publication number: 20260153600Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system for a vehicle can include: a light source configured to output a transmit beam at a first orientation; a reflective surface configured to redirect the transmit beam from the first orientation to a second orientation; and a lens interface configured to receive the transmit beam at the first orientation and focus the transmit beam onto the reflective surface; wherein the LIDAR system emits the transmit beam at the second orientation into an environment of the LIDAR system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2024Publication date: June 4, 2026Inventors: Sen Lin, Lei Wang
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Publication number: 20260148974Abstract: A first metal layer is provided with a plurality of first pores, a second metal layer is provided with a plurality of second pores, an insulation layer is provided with a plurality of second pores, and the first pores, the second pores, and the third pores being configured to transmit ions. The electrode plate includes a first tab and a first insulation adhesive, where a first portion of the first tab is connected to the first metal layer, along the thickness direction of the electrode plate, a projection of a third portion is located outside a projection of the first metal layer, and the first insulation adhesive is disposed on the surface of the third portion and that faces the second metal layer, and the first insulation adhesive is connected to the first metal layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2025Publication date: May 28, 2026Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology LimitedInventors: Xueqi LIN, Chu HUANG, Sen LIN
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Patent number: 12638559Abstract: A LIDAR device for a vehicle includes an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a substrate layer, a cladding layer, a waveguide, a scattering array, and a reflector layer. The cladding layer is disposed on the substrate layer to form an interface with the substrate layer. The waveguide is disposed within the cladding layer and configured to route an infrared optical field. The scattering array is disposed within the cladding layer between the waveguide and the interface and perturbs the infrared optical field and scatters the infrared optical field into a first beam propagating toward a surface of the cladding layer and into a second beam propagating towards the interface. The reflector layer is disposed within the cladding layer between the waveguide and the surface of the cladding layer to reflect the first beam towards the interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2024Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Sen Lin, Andrew Steil Michaels
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Patent number: 12638560Abstract: A method for coupling semiconductor optical components for a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system includes providing a first semiconductor optical component and a second semiconductor optical component; optically coupling a fiber array unit to the second semiconductor optical component; applying, by a vacuum component, a suction force to the second semiconductor optical component to couple the vacuum component to the second semiconductor optical component, wherein the fiber array unit is coupled to the vacuum component; and aligning the first semiconductor optical component with the second semiconductor optical component based on a measurement of light transmitted between the first semiconductor optical component and the fiber array unit via the second semiconductor optical component.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2025Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Colin Delaney, James Ferrara, Yongxuan Liang, Sen Lin, Andrew Steil Michaels, Lei Wang
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Patent number: 12625237Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system for a vehicle. The LIDAR sensor system includes a light source configured to output a beam. The LIDAR sensor system includes a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) array including a plurality of individualized SOA dies. A first individualized SOA die of the plurality of individualized SOA dies is spaced apart from a second individualized SOA die of the plurality of individualized SOA dies such that a spacing is defined between the first individualized SOA die and the second individualized SOA die. The SOA array is configured to receive the beam from the light source and amplify the beam.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2024Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: James Ferrara, Pruthvi Jujjavarapu, Sen Lin, Andrew Steil Michaels, Gevorg Martuni Nahapetian, Parth Panchal, Imbert Yuyen Wang
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Publication number: 20260128564Abstract: A LIDAR sensor system for a vehicle includes a silicon photonics substrate. The silicon photonics substrate includes: a semiconductor wafer; one or more surface features on a first surface of the semiconductor wafer; and a photoresist layer formed on the first surface of the semiconductor wafer, wherein the photoresist layer includes a laminated dry film. The silicon photonics substrate can be manufactured by obtaining a semiconductor wafer having one or more surface features; applying a dry film photoresist layer to a first surface of the semiconductor wafer; performing an adhesion bake process on the semiconductor wafer; developing the dry film photoresist layer to produce one or more developed regions in the dry film photoresist layer; and forming one or more solder bumps in the one or more developed regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2024Publication date: May 7, 2026Inventors: James Ferrara, Pruthvi Jujjavarapu, Sen Lin, Xue Liu, Andrew Steil Michaels, Parth Panchal, Zhizhong Tang
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Publication number: 20260118703Abstract: A temple arm includes a housing, an electrode assembly and an acoustic assembly. The housing includes a first chamber and a second chamber, and along a first direction, a projection of the first chamber covers a projection of the second chamber. The housing includes an ear-hook portion, and the ear-hook portion is connected to the second chamber along a second direction. The first direction is perpendicular to the second direction. The electrode assembly includes an electrode terminal, and the electrode assembly is disposed in the first chamber. The acoustic assembly is disposed in the second chamber and electrically connected to the electrode terminal. The ear-hook portion is connected to the second chamber along the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2025Publication date: April 30, 2026Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology LimitedInventors: Qiong QU, Sen LIN, Guowen ZHANG
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Publication number: 20260098949Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor-based LIDAR sensor system for a vehicle, includes: providing a semiconductor optical device in a first alignment position within the LIDAR sensor system; obtaining an interference pattern associated with a first light beam that passes through the semiconductor optical device at a first location and a second light beam that passes through the semiconductor optical device at a second location; determining a position of the first location relative to the second location based on the interference pattern; and aligning the semiconductor optical device in a second alignment position within the LIDAR sensor system, based on the position of the first location relative to the second location.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2024Publication date: April 9, 2026Inventors: Sen Lin, Andrew Steil Michaels
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Publication number: 20260097431Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a maraging steel, a method for preparing a maraging steel, and an electronic device. The maraging steel includes the following alloy elements: Co, Mo, and Ti. By weight percentage, a content of Co ranges from 12 wt % to 17 wt %, a content of Mo ranges from 6 wt % to 8 wt %, and a content of Ti ranges from 0.4 wt % to 1.5 wt %. The maraging steel further includes the following alloy elements: Ni, Al, Fe, and an impurity element. By weight percentage, a content of Ni ranges from 15 wt % to 18 wt %, Al?0.3 wt %, and the remainder is Fe and the impurity element. Embodiments of this application provide the maraging steel, the method for preparing a maraging steel, and the electronic device, so that the maraging steel can have both a high strength and high plasticity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2025Publication date: April 9, 2026Applicants: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., China Iron and Steel Research Institute Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Li, Chunxu Wang, Ruming Geng, Shun Han, Simin Lei, Yu Liu, Ming Cai, Sen Lin
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Patent number: 12591477Abstract: Service management using dynamically calculated requests per second (RPS) thresholds include monitoring, over a span of time and across services instances of a service, a resource usage of a hardware resource and a requests per second (RPS) by the service instances obtain service instance data points that include resource usage metrics related to RPS numbers, and performing a regression of the service instance data points to obtain a current set of correlation functions between the resource usage and the RPS, and selecting a RPS threshold using the current set of correlation functions and a current amount of the hardware resource assigned to the service. Service management further includes continually monitoring the RPS for the service to detect when the RPS satisfies the RPS threshold and managing the service responsive to the RPS satisfying the RPS threshold.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2024Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Xiaotang Shao, Estela Ramirez, Hui Luo, Shreyas Badiger Mahadev, Todd Edward Ekenstam, Venkata Sukumar Reddy Gunapati, Zihan Jiang, Sushanth Kamath Ammembal, Sen Lin
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Publication number: 20260086207Abstract: A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensor system includes an optical system, including: a first optical component formed of a first semiconductor material; a second optical component formed of a second semiconductor material; a glass block disposed on a first side of the first optical component and a first side of the second optical component, the glass block including a plurality of micro-channels; and a coupling material, disposed in the plurality of micro-channels, between the first side of the first optical component and the glass block and between the first side of the second optical component and the glass block.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2024Publication date: March 26, 2026Inventors: Colin Delaney, James Ferrara, Michael Chia Huang, Pruthvi Jujjavarapu, Yongxuan Liang, Sen Lin, Andrew Steil Michaels, Parth Panchal, Zhizhong Tang, Lei Wang
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Publication number: 20260087086Abstract: Disclosed methods and systems include receiving, by a control panel of a multi-cloud platform, a node authentication token [NAT] corresponding to a compute node in the multi-cloud platform. The compute node may include a token generator that generates the NAT and sends the NAT to the control panel. The control panel may receive the NAT from the compute node via a secure administration connection between the control panel and the compute node. The control panel may then store the NAT in a token mapping database that associates the NAT with the node. The control panel may then perform operations to access the compute node from a conventional web browser. In at least one embodiment, these browser operations may include retrieving mapping information for the compute node from the token mapping database and generating an access uniform resource locator that includes a network address for the compute node and the mapping information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2024Publication date: March 26, 2026Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: XiaoJun WU, HaiJun ZHONG, Sen LIN
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Publication number: 20260086206Abstract: An autonomous vehicle can include a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system. The LIDAR system can include a substrate having a first side and a second side; a light-sensitive device arranged on the first side of the substrate; and one or more optical isolation trenches formed into the substrate, the optical isolation trenches configured to optically isolate the light-sensitive device from light entering the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2024Publication date: March 26, 2026Inventors: Pruthvi JUJJAVARAPU, Sen LIN, Andrew Steil MICHAELS, Imbert Yuyen WANG
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Patent number: 12585004Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system mounted to a vehicle includes a first device and a second device coupled to the first device. The first device includes a laser source and one or more optical components. The first device is configured to output an optical signal associated with a local oscillator (LO) signal. The second device includes an optical amplifier array device and a transceiver device. The optical amplifier array device includes an integrated optical component and is configured to amplify the optical signal. The transceiver device is configured to transmit the amplified optical signal to an environment and receive a returned optical signal that is reflected from an object in the environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2024Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: Aurora Operations, IncInventors: Amir Hosseini, Sen Lin
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Publication number: 20260072138Abstract: A LIDAR system for a vehicle can include a receiver die having one or more light sensitive components and one or more optical isolation trenches configured to optically isolate the one or more light sensitive components on the receiver die; wherein the one or more optical isolation trenches are arranged such that light does not pass in a direct path through the receiver die.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2025Publication date: March 12, 2026Inventors: Andrew Steil Michaels, Pruthvi Jujjavarapu, Sen Lin, Imbert Wang
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Patent number: 12566306Abstract: Manufacturing an integrated chip packaging for a LIDAR sensor mounted to a vehicle includes obtaining a metallic housing including a cutout on a side of the metallic housing, obtaining a ceramic radio frequency (RF) circuit board including a flange, coupling the flange of the ceramic RF circuit board to the cutout on the side of the metallic housing, applying a sealing material to an interface between the flange of the ceramic RF circuit board and the cutout on the side of the metallic housing, and locally heating the flange of the ceramic RF circuit board to bond the flange of the ceramic RF circuit board to the cutout on the side of the metallic housing thereby forming a seal at the interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2023Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignee: Aurora Operations, IncInventors: James Ferrara, Stefan Heinemann, Pruthvi Jujjavarapu, Sen Lin, Zhizhong Tang
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Publication number: 20260056758Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to a system and method for adapting executable object to a processing unit. An embodiment of a method to adapt an executable object from a first processing unit to a second processing unit, comprises: adapting the executable object optimized for the first processing unit of a first architecture, to the second processing unit of a second architecture, wherein the second architecture is different from the first architecture, wherein the executable object is adapted to perform on the second processing unit based on a plurality of performance metrics collected while the executable object is performed on the first processing unit and the second processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2025Publication date: February 26, 2026Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Li Xu, Haihao Xiang, Feng Chen, Travis Schluessler, Yuheng Zhang, Sen Lin
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Publication number: 20260056300Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system for a vehicle. The LIDAR sensor system includes a light source configured to output a beam. The LIDAR sensor system includes a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) array including a plurality of individualized SOA dies. A first individualized SOA die of the plurality of individualized SOA dies is spaced apart from a second individualized SOA die of the plurality of individualized SOA dies such that a spacing is defined between the first individualized SOA die and the second individualized SOA die. The SOA array is configured to receive the beam from the light source and amplify the beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2024Publication date: February 26, 2026Inventors: James Ferrara, Pruthvi Jujjavarapu, Sen Lin, Andrew Steil Michaels, Gevorg Martuni Nahapetian, Parth Panchal, Imbert Yuyen Wang
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Publication number: 20260056296Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a manufacturing process for a LIDAR system with individualized semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) dies including: (a) forming a plurality of SOA regions on a semiconductor wafer; (b) dicing the semiconductor wafer to produce a plurality of individualized SOA dies, the plurality of individualized SOA dies respectively including the plurality of SOA regions; (c) aligning the plurality of individualized SOA dies with one or more array inputs, the one or more array inputs configured to provide a beam from a light source to the plurality of individualized SOA dies; and (d) aligning the plurality of individualized SOA dies with one or more array outputs, the one or more array outputs configured to provide the beam from the plurality of individual SOA dies to an emitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2025Publication date: February 26, 2026Inventors: James Ferrara, Pruthvi Jujjavarapu, Sen Lin, Andrew Steil Michaels, Gevorg Martuni Nahapetian, Parth Panchal, Imbert Yuyen Wang