Patents by Inventor Shu An

Shu An 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).

  • OPTICAL MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20200192063
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, a magnetic sensed assembly, a first sensing element, and a magnetically permeable element. The movable portion is connected to an optical element which corresponds to incident light. The movable portion is movably connected to the fixed portion. The magnetic sensed assembly includes a first sensed portion having a first magnetic polar direction. The first sensing element is corresponding to the magnetic sensed assembly and is used to detect the rotation of the movable portion relative to the fixed portion, with a first rotational axis extending in a first direction that is different from an incident direction of the incident light and the first magnetic polar direction. The magnetically permeable element is corresponding to the first sensing magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Chao-Chang HU, Shu-Shan CHEN, Cheng-Kai YU
  • Systems And Methods for Providing Flight Control for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based on Opposing Fields of View with Overlap
    Publication number: 20200192371
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to providing flight control for an unmanned aerial vehicle based on opposing fields of view with overlap. The UAV may include a housing, a motor, a first image sensor, a second image sensor, a first optical element having a first field of view greater than 180 degrees, a second optical element having a second field of view greater than 180 degrees, and one or more processors. The first optical element and the second optical element may be carried by the housing such that a centerline of the second field of view is substantially opposite from a centerline of the first field of view, and a peripheral portion of the first field of view and a peripheral portion of the second field of view overlap. Flight control for the UAV may be provided based on parallax disparity of an object within the overlapping fields of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Pablo Lema, Gary Fong, Shu Ching Ip
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200194504
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus, the display apparatus includes: a base, a display layer disposed on a side of the base, and a color filter layer disposed on a display side of the display layer. The display layer includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The color filter layer includes a plurality of color resistance portions in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of sub-pixels. A thickness of any color resistance portion of the plurality of color resistance portions is decreased in a direction away from a reference line of the color resistance portion, and the reference line is a straight line passing through a geometric center of the color resistance portion and perpendicular to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Chuanxiang XU, Guangcai YUAN, Shi SHU, Qi YAO
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A GATEWAY OF AN ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20200196268
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for positioning a gateway of an architecture. The method may include determining a trajectory of a mobile device based on motion data acquired by the mobile device and a movement model, acquiring a first end position of the trajectory of the mobile device, detecting that the mobile device enters or exits the architecture, and determining a second end position of the trajectory upon the detection as the position of the gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hailiang XU, Weihuan SHU
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200194537
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided and includes a first voltage trace, a second voltage trace, a first region electrode, a second region electrode, and a voltage source module. The second voltage trace is electrically insulated from the first voltage trace, the first region electrode is electrically connected to the first voltage trace, and the second region electrode is electrically connected to the second voltage trace. The voltage source module provides a first driving voltage to the first voltage trace and provides a second driving voltage to the second voltage trace, in which the first driving voltage is different from the second driving voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Shu-Hui Yang, Chien-Chih Chen, Ming-Che Chiang, Hong-Pin Ko
  • HIGH EFFICIENCY WIDE SPECTRUM SENSOR
    Publication number: 20200194490
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an optical sensor includes: forming, over a substrate, a first material layer comprising a first alloy of germanium and silicon having a first germanium composition; forming, over the first material layer, a graded material layer comprising germanium and silicon; and forming, over the graded material layer, a second material layer comprising a second alloy of germanium and silicon having a second germanium composition. The first germanium composition is lower than the second germanium composition and a germanium composition of the graded material layer is between the first germanium composition and the second germanium composition and varies along a direction perpendicular to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Yun-Chung Na, Szu-Lin Cheng, Shu-Lu Chen, Han-Din Liu, Hui-Wen Chen
  • Power Converter Module
    Publication number: 20200195148
    Abstract: A power conversion system comprises a plurality of power converter modules, each including a bi-directional DC to DC converter and a current controller, wherein the bi-directional DC to DC converter is connected to the current controller, for charging or discharging a DC power source according to a distribution command received from the current controller, and a voltage controller, connecting to the plurality of power converter modules, for generating a current command to the current controller, wherein the voltage controller generates a current command to the current controller of the power converter module according to the detected capacity and voltage of the DC power source, whereby the current controller generates the distribution command to the bi-directional DC to DC converter with the received current command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Shu-Hsien Wen, Chih-Hsien Chung, Jin-Kuan Chang
  • FLUID DISPENSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200189899
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device includes a housing unit, a storage unit and a discharge module that are disposed within the housing unit. A weighing module includes weighing sensors. Each weighing sensor has an attachment portion attached to a bottom wall of the housing unit, and an abutment portion disposed below the bottom wall oppositely to the attachment portion. A control module controls the discharge module to dispense predetermined amount of fluid outside of the housing unit. The control module is able to determine whether a weight of fluid in the storage unit is smaller than a predetermined value according to a weight of the housing unit measured by the weighing sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Shu-Ling Lin
  • Gate structures
    Patent number: 10685840
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to gate structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a plurality of gate structures comprising a gate cap, sidewall spacers and source and drain regions; source and drain metallization features extending to the source and drain regions; and a liner extending along an upper portion of the sidewall spacers of at least one of the plurality of gate structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Jiehui Shu, Hui Zang
  • Silicon controlled rectifier
    Patent number: 10685954
    Abstract: A silicon controlled rectifier includes a P-type substrate, an N-type doped well, a first P-type strip-shaped heavily-doped area arranged in the N-type doped well, a first N-type strip-shaped heavily-doped area arranged in the P-type substrate, and at least one N-type heavily-doped area arranged in the P-type substrate and the N-type doped well. The at least one N-type heavily-doped area is not arranged between the first P-type strip-shaped heavily-doped area and the first N-type strip-shaped heavily-doped area, thus the surface area of a semiconductor substrate can be reduced. The conductivity types of the abovementioned components are alternatively changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Amazing Microelectronic Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Shu Shen, Pin-Hui Lee
  • Packet processing efficiency based interrupt rate determination
    Patent number: 10684971
    Abstract: Interrupt rate determination can include instructions to determine a quantity of instances of packet processing by an operating system during a first period of time, each instance corresponding to a particular interrupt request sent by a device, determine a quantity of bytes processed during the first period of time by the operating system, determine a speed of the device, determine a first interrupt rate to assign to the device for a second period of time based on the quantity of instances, the quantity of bytes processed, and the speed of the device during the first period of time, and set the interrupt rate to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Shu Wu, Michael Li, Zongyun Lai
  • Display device
    Patent number: 10686158
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a light-emitting unit. The light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting part, wherein a light extraction structure is disposed on a first surface of the light-emitting part. The light-emitting unit also includes a connective part disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the light-emitting part. The light-emitting unit further includes a protective part surrounding the light-emitting part and the connective part. In addition, the display device includes a substrate having a plurality of active elements and at least one bonding pad, wherein the bonding pad is electrically connected to the corresponding connective part of the light-emitting unit. The roughness of the light extraction structure is greater than or equal to 0.2 ?m and less than or equal to 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun-Yuan Hu, Tsau-Hua Hsieh, Tzu-Min Yan, Ming-Chang Lin, Yu-Hsin Liu, Shu-Ming Kuo, Ming-I Chao
  • Image processing apparatus and image processing method related to motion compensation
    Patent number: 10687065
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a search range providing circuit, a searching circuit and an encoder. The search range providing circuit obtains N number of predicted motion vectors for a target image block, and accordingly sets N number of corresponding search ranges in a reference frame, where N is an integer greater than 1. The searching circuit performs a motion compensation searching process individually on the N search ranges to accordingly determine a motion vector for the target image block. The encoder encodes the target image block according to the motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Tai-Chi Wang, Shu-Wei Teng
  • Germanium-silicon light sensing apparatus
    Patent number: 10685994
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an image sensor array having a first group of photodiodes for detecting light at visible wavelengths a second group of photodiodes for detecting light at infrared or near-infrared wavelengths, the method including forming a germanium-silicon layer for the second group of photodiodes on a first semiconductor donor wafer; defining a first interconnect layer on the germanium-silicon layer; defining integrated circuitry for controlling pixels of the image sensor array on a semiconductor carrier wafer; defining a second interconnect layer on the semiconductor carrier wafer; bonding the first interconnect layer with the second interconnect layer; defining the pixels of an image sensor array on a second semiconductor donor wafer; defining a third interconnect layer on the image sensor array; and bonding the third interconnect layer with the germanium-silicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ARTILUX, INC.
    Inventors: Yun-Chung Na, Szu-Lin Cheng, Shu-Lu Chen, Han-Din Liu, Hui-Wen Chen, Che-Fu Liang
  • Methods for treating cancer using GRM8 inhibitors
    Patent number: 10683352
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating cancer using mGluR8 inhibitors, such as mGluR8 inhibitory antibodies and small molecules. The invention also features compositions containing mGluR8 inhibitors, methods of diagnosing patients with mGluR8-associated cancer, and methods of predicting the response of cancer in a subject to treatment with mGluR8 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Flagship Pioneering Innovations V, Inc.
    Inventors: Avak Kahvejian, Jordi Mata-Fink, Jonathan Barry Hurov, Chengyi Jenny Shu, George Huck Neubauer, Julian Alexander Stanley
  • Distance-measuring apparatus which uses different calculations depending on whether the object is dynamically changing
    Patent number: 10684121
    Abstract: A distance-measuring apparatus and a distance-measuring method. The distance-measuring apparatus and the distance-measuring method include emitting pulsed light, receiving and photoelectrically converting the pulsed light emitted and reflected by an object into a plurality of electrical signals, sorting the electrical signals into a plurality of phase signals, storing data including the phase signals or a value that is based on the phase signals, determining whether or not a dynamic change is present in the object, based on the data of a current frame and at least one past frame, and calculating distance to the object using the data, according to a result of determination made by the determining. When determined that the dynamic change is not present, moving average calculations are performed on the data of at least two of the current frame and a plurality of frames including the at least one past frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Shu Takahashi
  • Semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication with pattern-reversing process
    Patent number: 10685846
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed. An inverse mask is provided. A sacrificial layer is deposited over a substrate. A patterned photoresist layer is formed over the sacrificial layer using the inverse mask. The sacrificial layer is then etched through the patterned photoresist layer to form a patterned sacrificial layer. A hard mask layer is deposited over the patterned sacrificial layer. The patterned sacrificial layer is then removed to form a second pattern on the hard mask layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chin Chien, Jui-Ching Wu, Shu-Hao Chang, Shang-Chieh Chien, Jen-Yang Chung, Kuo-Chang Kau, Jeng-Horng Chen
  • Phosphor, method for preparing phosphor, optoelectronic component, and method for producing optoelectronic component
    Patent number: 10683454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphor, a method for preparing the phosphor, an optoelectronic component, and a method for producing the optoelectronic component. The phosphor has the following general formula: La3(1?x)Ga1?yGe5(1?z)O16: 3xA3+, yCr3+, 5zB4+, where x, y, and z do not equal to 0 simultaneously; A represents at least one of Gd and Yb; B represents at least one of Sn, Nb, and Ta. For the phosphor, its emission spectrum is within a red visible light region and a near-infrared region when excited by blue visible light, purple visible light or ultraviolet light; and it has a wide reflection spectrum and a high radiant flux. Therefore, it can be used in optoelectronic components such as LEDs to meet requirements of current medical testing, food composition analysis, security cameras, iris/facial recognition, virtual reality, gaming notebook and light detection and ranging applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Veeramani Rajendran, Mu-Huai Fang, Ru-Shi Liu, Ho Chang, Kuang-Mao Lu, Yan-Shen Lin, Chieh-Yu Kang, Gabriel Nicolo A. De Guzman, Shu-Fen Hu
  • Interconnect structure and method of forming same
    Patent number: 10682523
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a first chip bonded on a second chip. The first chip comprises a first substrate and first interconnection components formed in first IMD layers. The second chip comprises a second substrate and second interconnection components formed in second IMD layers. The device further comprises a first conductive plug formed within the first substrate and the first IMD layers, wherein the first conductive plug is coupled to a first interconnection component and a second conductive plug formed through the first substrate and the first IMD layers and formed partially through the second IMD layers, wherein the second conductive plug is coupled to a second interconnection component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Ting Tsai, Jeng-Shyan Lin, Chun-Chieh Chuang, Dun-Nian Yaung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Feng-Chi Hung
  • Correcting method for optical mechanism
    Patent number: 10686993
    Abstract: A correction method for an optical mechanism having an optical member and a fixed portion is provided, including: an external apparatus measures the angle between the optical axis of the optical member and a reference surface of the fixed portion; the result of measuring the angle between the optical axis and the reference surface is compiled into data; the data is input into a control module; the control module transmits a signal to a driving module according to the data; and the driving module drives the optical member to rotate or move relative to the fixed portion upon receiving the signal. The optical mechanism does not include a sensor to detect the angle between the optical axis and the reference surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Shun-Chieh Tang, Shu-Shan Chen, Chih-Wei Weng, Shao-Kuang Huang