Patents by Inventor Tao Hao
Tao Hao 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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Patent number: 12010620Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to power saving over a forward link of a star topology of user equipment (UE) are provided. In some aspects, a first UE may monitor the forward link connecting a second UE to the first UE for a control message transmitted by the second UE to the first UE. The first UE may then establish an operational mode based on the result of the monitoring for the control message, such as but not limited to a power saving mode or an active mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yisheng Xue, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Junyi Li, Chih-Hao Liu, Ozcan Ozturk, Piyush Gupta, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 12008217Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for displaying an emoji reply, a terminal device, and a server. The method includes: popping up an emoji box quickly in response to an operation performed by a user on a target chat message on a chat interface to pop up the emoji box, sending an emoji selected by the user from the emoji box to a server directly as an emoji reply; and displaying the emoji entered by the user and a user label on the target chat message in accordance with instruction information returned by the server.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: TIANJIN BYTEDANCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tao Zhai, Jie Yu, Zhiqin Li, Ran Yan, Eryou Hao
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Publication number: 20240187079Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication that beam switching without an explicit beam indication or activation is allowed. The UE may transmit a channel state information (CSI) report identifying a selected beam. The UE may selectively switch to the selected beam in accordance with the indication. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Fang YUAN, Yan ZHOU, Chenxi HAO, Tao LUO
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Patent number: 12004410Abstract: An optical system includes a light source, an optical film curved about a first axis, and a light control film curved about the first axis and disposed between the light source and the optical film. The optical film includes a microstructured first major surface and an opposing second major surface. The microstructured first major surface defines a linear Fresnel lens including a plurality of Fresnel elements extending longitudinally along the first axis. The first major surface of the optical film faces the light control film. The light control film includes a plurality of alternating optically transmissive and optically absorptive regions extending longitudinally along the first axis such that in a cross-section orthogonal to the first axis, for at least a majority of the optically transmissive regions, a centerline between adjacent optically absorptive regions is substantially normal to a major surface of the light control film.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Tao Liu, Gary T. Boyd, Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Owen M. Anderson, Tri D. Pham, Encai Hao, Shu-Ching Fan
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Patent number: 12002851Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The semiconductor structure also includes a first diffusion layer disposed in the substrate and adjacent to the first surface, and a first electrode layer disposed on the first diffusion layer. The semiconductor structure further includes a second diffusion layer disposed in the substrate and adjacent to the second surface, and a plurality of diffusion regions disposed in the second diffusion layer. The semiconductor structure further includes a second electrode layer disposed on the second diffusion layer and in contact with the plurality of diffusion regions. The second diffusion layer is coupled to the plurality of diffusion regions through the second electrode layer. The substrate is sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Diodes IncorporatedInventors: Tao Long, Pin-Hao Huang, Ze Rui Chen
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Patent number: 11997677Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may monitor a first control resource pool associated with sidelink control signaling during a first sensing window and monitor a portion of a second resource pool associated with sidelink data signaling during a second sensing window. The UE may perform joint resource selection on the first resource pool and the second resource pool based on the monitoring during the first and second sensing windows. The UE may transmit a sidelink control information message including resource indication fields to reserve the selected sidelink control channel resources and selected sidelink shared channel resources. The UE may transmit the sidelink data message on one or more of the reserved sidelink shared channel resources.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Chih-Hao Liu, Jing Sun, Yisheng Xue, Xiaoxia Zhang, Xiaojie Wang, Sony Akkarakaran, Ozcan Ozturk, Piyush Gupta, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11965420Abstract: Disclosed are a shield tunnel segment structure and a construction method thereof. The shield tunnel segment structure includes segment blocks sequentially spliced in a circumferential direction. Each segment block forms a closed annular segment structure, and outer diameters of adjacent annular segment structures gradually increase in an axial direction. At least two adjacent segment blocks of the same annular segment structure form an annular inner groove, and at least one segment block of the adjacent annular segment structures is provided with an inner bump which matches the annular inner groove. At least two adjacent segment blocks of the same annular segment structure form an annular outer groove, and at least one segment block of the adjacent annular segment structures is provided with an outer bump which matches the annular outer groove. The annular outer grooves and the annular inner grooves are staggered in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignees: Shandong University, Northeast Electric Power UniversityInventors: Ke Wu, Tao Yang, Yang Zheng, Guodong Li, Zhihao Xing, Hongna Yang, Jiaxiang Xu, Rong Chen, Dongxue Hao, Jizheng Sun, Jingchuan Duan, Hongwei Zhang
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Publication number: 20240129947Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support relaxed sensing for new radio (NR) sidelink over millimeter wave (mmW) operating frequencies. In a first aspect, a method by a user equipment (UE) of wireless communication includes identifying a resource selection trigger that indicates selection of one or more sidelink slots from a resource selection window. The UE may obtain long-term interference sensing statistics observed by the UE prior to the resource selection trigger. The UE can reduce a default sensing window length in accordance with the long-term interference sensing statistics and transmit a sidelink transmission in the selected sidelink slots. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Yisheng XUE, Xiaoxia ZHANG, Chih-Hao LIU, Jing SUN, Tao LUO
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Publication number: 20240126936Abstract: A multi-scale aggregation pattern analysis method for a complex traffic network is provided, which belongs to the field of the highway traffic network. Firstly, an adjacency matrix, a position attribute matrix, a distance weight matrix, a road grade matrix, and a time-phased traffic congestion degree matrix of a highway traffic network are calculated; secondly, a weight influence factor of the road network is incorporated based on a PageRank algorithm to determine order of critical nodes; finally, a two-dimensional decision diagram is drawn by two indicators: order of critical nodes and a shortest path distance. A new weighting matrix which accords with the actual situation of the road network is obtained by incorporating a position weight matrix, a distance weight matrix, a road grade weight matrix and a dynamic traffic congestion degree weight matrix based on a similarity matrix of the spectral clustering.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Xia Zhu, Yingying Pei, Yongtao Jin, Guohong Li, Yulong Hao, Yuanping Liu, Yuyan Liu, Longfang Duan, Cui Jia, Qiyue Liu, Tao Ma, Shan An, Jia Xi, Zhihong Song
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Publication number: 20240121794Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support configured reception with sidelink control information (SCI) repetition over a sidelink. In aspects, a receiving user equipment (UE) may be configured to conduct combined reception/decoding of SCI repetitions (received from a transmitting UE over a sidelink) over multiple time-frequency slots at pre-defined occasions (e.g., occasions configured by a base station) to decode a sidelink transmission. In aspects, a receiving UE may receive from a transmitting UE over a sidelink, a sidelink transmission during a reception occasion that includes a plurality of reception opportunities for the receiving UE. Each reception opportunity of the plurality of reception opportunities includes a repetition of an SCI. The receiving UE decodes the SCI by combining the repetitions of the SCI received in one or more reception opportunities, and decodes a data transmission (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Yisheng Xue, Jing Sun, Chih-Hao Liu, Xiaoxia Zhang, Tao Luo, Piyush Gupta
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Publication number: 20240119283Abstract: A method of performing automatic tuning on a deep learning model includes: utilizing an instruction-based learned cost model to estimate a first type of operational performance metrics based on a tuned configuration of layer fusion and tensor tiling; utilizing statistical data gathered during a compilation process of the deep learning model to determine a second type of operational performance metrics based on the tuned configuration of layer fusion and tensor tiling; performing an auto-tuning process to obtain a plurality of optimal configurations based on the first type of operational performance metrics and the second type of operational performance metrics; and configure the deep learning model according to one of the plurality of optimal configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Jui-Yang Hsu, Cheng-Sheng Chan, Jen-Chieh Tsai, Huai-Ting Li, Bo-Yu Kuo, Yen-Hao Chen, Kai-Ling Huang, Ping-Yuan Tseng, Tao Tu, Sheng-Je Hung
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Publication number: 20240122043Abstract: An optical system includes a light source, an optical film curved about a first axis, and a light control film curved about the first axis and disposed between the light source and the optical film. The optical film includes a microstructured first major surface and an opposing second major surface. The microstructured first major surface defines a linear Fresnel lens including a plurality of Fresnel elements extending longitudinally along the first axis. The first major surface of the optical film faces of the optically transmissive regions, a centerline between adjacent optically absorptive regions is substantially normal to a major surface of the light control film.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Tao Liu, Gary T. Boyd, Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Owen M. Anderson, Tri D. Pham, Encai Hao, Shu-Ching Fan
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Patent number: 11954895Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for automatically identifying south troughs by improved Laplace and relates to the technical field of meteorology. The method includes the following steps: acquiring grid data of a geopotential height field; calculating a gradient field of the geopotential height field in an x direction; searching for a turning point where a gradient value turned from being negative to being positive, and cleaning the gradient field; calculating a divergence of the x direction to obtain an improved Laplacian numerical value L?; performing 0,1 binarization processing on the L? to obtain a black-and-white image and a plurality of targets of potential troughs, merging the black-and-white image and the plurality of targets of the potential troughs by expansion, recovering original scale through erosion, and selecting an effective target through an angle of direction of a contour and an axial ratio.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Chengdu University of Information TechnologyInventors: Wendong Hu, Yanqiong Hao, Hongping Shu, Tiangui Xiao, Yan Chen, Ying Zhang, Jian Shao, Jianhong Gan, Yaqiang Wang, Fei Luo, Huahong Li, Balin Xu, Qiyang Peng, Juzhang Ren, Chengchao Li, Tao Zhang, Xiaohang Wen, Chao Wang, Yongkai Zhang, Wenjie Zhou, Jingyi Tao
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Publication number: 20240113167Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure forming a first diffusion layer on a first electrode layer and forming a core layer over the first diffusion layer. A second diffusion layer is formed over the core layer. A plurality of diffusion regions are formed in the second diffusion layer. A second electrode layer is formed over the second diffusion layer and in contact with the plurality of diffusion regions. The second diffusion layer is coupled to the plurality of diffusion regions through the second electrode layer. The substrate is sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Tao Long, Pin-Hao Huang, Ze Rui Chen
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Patent number: 11950222Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration that indicates multiple time intervals corresponding to multiple physical sidelink shared channels (PSSCHs) within a slot, wherein at least one PSSCH, of the multiple PSSCHs, starts in a symbol other than an initial data symbol of the slot. The UE may communicate in one or more PSSCHs, of the multiple PSSCHs, within the slot based at least in part on the configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Chih-Hao Liu, Yisheng Xue, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran, Xiaojie Wang, Lik Hang Silas Fong, Piyush Gupta
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Patent number: 11930530Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a transmitter UE. The method generally includes receiving, from a network entity, a downlink control information (DCI) allocating resources in an unlicensed frequency band for multiple physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmissions to at least one receiver UE across transmission time intervals (TTIs), performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) channel access procedure in the TTIs, and transmitting at least one LBT report to the network entity on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that occurs before another PUCCH resource used for transmitting acknowledgment feedback for the PSSCH transmissions.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Chih-Hao Liu, Jing Sun, Yisheng Xue, Xiaoxia Zhang, Piyush Gupta, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo, Peter Gaal
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Patent number: 11930533Abstract: Channel occupancy time (COT) aware sensing and resource selection for new radio-unlicensed (NR-U) sidelink operations is disclosed. A first sidelink user equipment (UE) determines a sensing window or resource selection window (RSW) based on a projected listen-before-talk (LBT) completion time. The UE may sense for a subset of sideline resources within the RSW and COT-SI from a neighboring sidelink UE including identification of a COT initiated by the neighboring UE and one or more parameters associated with the COT. The UE may identify in-COT resources of located within the COT and out-of-COT resources located outside of the COT and then randomly select a set of transmission resources from the in-COT and out-of-COT resources. The UE may then transmit to a second UE using the set of transmission resources.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Chih-Hao Liu, Yisheng Xue, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Ozcan Ozturk, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo, Peter Gaal
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Publication number: 20230093016Abstract: A discovery and provisioning method. The method includes: A first device in an unprovisioned state sends a first message through a first antenna, where the first message is used by a second device to discover the first device, and the first message includes a device identifier of the first device; when a distance between the second device and the first device is less than or equal to a preset distance, the second device receives the device identifier sent by the first device; and after being discovered by the second device, the first device performs provisioning by using a second antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Rui SHI, Lianxiang SONG, Yule LIANG, Tao HAO, Liangliang MA, Chengbiao LAO, De LIU, Jirui WANG, Yuyan LIANG
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Publication number: 20150235621Abstract: An image processing method and device are provided. The method includes determining at least one block covered by a mask and in a current frame image, the at least one block is obtained by dividing the current frame image; determining a pixel mean value of each block, and determining, according to the pixel mean value, a grayscale mapping curve function corresponding to each block; determining a ratio of an area of a part covered by the mask and in each block of the at least one block to an area of the mask; and determining an adjusted pixel value of the first pixel according to the ratio of the area of the part covered by the mask and in each block to the area of the mask, the grayscale mapping curve function corresponding to each block, and an original pixel value of the first pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Tao Hao, Kunlong Zuo
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Publication number: 20100136983Abstract: A method of using an available mobile communication terminal as a relay station is applied to base stations (BS) and mobile communication terminals, and each mobile communication terminal can function as a relay station. When a mobile communication terminal performs communication and signals received from a base station are in a state of being weak, a relay request is sent to the base station to search for available mobile communication terminals having communication signals stronger than the signals learned to be weak within a coverage area of the base station which sends out a notice message. After receiving the notice message, an available mobile communication terminal is selected as a relay station, and a register request is sent to the relay station for connecting to the mobile communication terminal. Upon accepting the register request, the mobile communication terminal can be connected to the base station through the relay station.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.Inventors: Biao LU, Zhong-Tao HAO