Patents by Inventor Tao Ma

Tao Ma 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).

  • Publication number: 20190266886
    Abstract: A system and method in a mobile device for controlling a connected device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an image; processing the image to identify at least a first image attribute where the first image attribute includes an image feature or an image object; accessing a database of connected devices, each connected device in the database being identified by a linked image and being associated with device metadata describing at least a device type of the connected device; comparing the first image attribute with the linked images corresponding to the connected devices stored in the database; identifying a first connected device having a linked image matching the first image attribute; and in response to the identifying, providing a user interface configured to control the first connected device, the user interface including a control function corresponding to the device type of the first connected device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Long Jiang, Tao Ma, Julie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190246081
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide apparatus, method and system for location based touch, which can implement location based touch on the image of the projection display apparatus without the requirement of operation of the computing device by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kun LI, Tao MA
  • Patent number: 10372000
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of manufacturing an array substrate, the method including a step of forming thin film transistors on a substrate; wherein the step of forming the thin film transistors on the substrate includes: forming a first electrically conductive layer on the substrate; forming an insulating layer on the first electrically conductive layer; forming at least one common holes in the insulating layer to communicate with the first electrically conductive layer; forming a first connection portion, which is made of the same material as a second electrically conductive layer, in the at least one of the at least one common holes while forming the second electrically conductive layer on the insulating layer by using a single process, the first connection portion being in electrical contact with the first electrically conductive layer. In addition, there is disclosed an array substrate manufactured by the above method and a display device including the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Botao Song, Liang Lin, Tao Ma, Wenlong Wang, Ling Han, Yu Wei
  • Publication number: 20190190828
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for generating an ACL table, and relates to the data center field. A controller obtains a port type of each port of a first network device, and selects, based on the port type of each port, a target port whose port type is a preset type from all ports of the first network device. The controller generates a corresponding first-type access control list ACL entry for each target port, and generates one second-type ACL entry corresponding to a routing table of the first network device, where an action of the second-type ACL entry is redirecting to the routing table. The controller adds the second-type ACL entry and each first-type ACL entry to an ACL table of the first network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Feng YUAN, Tao MA, Qinghua YAN
  • Patent number: 10323015
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a leveling compound for electrodepositing metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Shinhao Materials LLC
    Inventors: Yun Zhang, Tao Ma, Peipei Dong, Zifang Zhu, Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 10317587
    Abstract: A fabrication method of a color filter substrate, a color filter substrate and a display device are provided. The fabrication method includes forming an interlayer insulating layer and a first color filter group above the conductive pattern, wherein, the first color filter group includes color filter(s) of at least one color, the interlayer insulating layer and the first color filter group are formed by a same material; the interlayer insulating layer is configured to electrically insulate the conductive connecting portion from the conductive bridging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Ma, Chengshao Yang, Ling Han, Ronghua Jin
  • Patent number: 10319285
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a panel drive device and a display device. The panel drive device includes an interface module, a voltage conversion module and a compensation module. The interface module includes a first input end and a first output end. The voltage conversion module includes a second input end and a second output end. The first output end is coupled with the second input end. A voltage at the first input end is a first voltage, a voltage at the first output end is a second voltage, a voltage at the second input end is a third voltage signal and a voltage at the second output end is a fourth voltage signal. The compensation module is configured to generate a compensation voltage signal according to the third voltage signal and apply the compensation voltage signal to the first input end or the first output end, so that the third voltage signal equals to the first voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yanping Zhang, Tao Ma
  • Patent number: 10321104
    Abstract: A multi-modal display device is presented. The display device has a shell having an internal projection screen and an opening, a projector emitting a projection beam from inside the shell. There is an optical guide adjusting a position of the projector to aim the projection beam at either the internal projection screen or the opening. A processor coupled to the optical guide may select a display position, wherein different display positions are associated with different display area sizes. The method includes determining a distance between a projector and a user, and automatically selecting a display mode based on the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tao Ma
  • Patent number: 10310647
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention discloses a touch-controlled panel and a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device, to reduce the number of masks and production cost. The method of manufacturing a touch-controlled panel includes: forming a first electrode and a second electrode on a substrate through a patterning process, the first electrode and the second electrode being broken at a position where they are overlapped; depositing a layer of an organic film and forming an organic film fully remained region, an organic film partially remained region and an organic film removed region from the organic film through a mask; depositing a conductive layer and coating a photoresist on the conductive layer, and then forming a photoresist fully remained region, a photoresist partially remained region and a photoresist removed region through the mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunhai Wan, Wenlong Wang, Tao Ma, Binbin Cao, Chengshao Yang
  • Patent number: 10306194
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide apparatus, method and system for location based touch, which can implement location based touch on the image of the projection display apparatus without the requirement of operation of the computing device by the user. A projection display apparatus comprises a projection screen and a plurality of optical sensors with two-dimension disperse layout in the back of the projection screen. The projection display apparatus further comprises an acquiring element configured to receive first light through first optical sensor of the plurality of optical sensors, wherein the first optical sensor is one or more of the plurality of optical sensors; a determining element configured to determine first coordinate information of the first optical sensor on the projection screen if the light intensity of the first light is within first light intensity range; and a sending element configured to send the first coordinate information to a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kun Li, Tao Ma
  • Patent number: 10290520
    Abstract: A method for laminating glass panels includes (1) providing a TFT substrate and a CF substrate to be laminated, in which the CF substrate is coated with a seal resin and the TFT substrate carries liquid crystal dropped thereon; (2) aligning and laminating the TFT substrate and the CF substrate in a vacuum environment to complete a lamination process; (3) applying UV light to transmit through the TFT substrate for carrying out UV curing of the seal resin interposed between the CF substrate and the TFT substrate so as to complete a UV curing process; and (4) removing the laminated CF substrate and the TFT substrate that have been subjected to the UV curing process out of the vacuum environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tao Ma, Tao Song, Ming Liu, Guodong Zhao
  • Publication number: 20190121473
    Abstract: A display panel is provided including: an array substrate; a plurality of gate scanning signal lines and a plurality of data signal lines on the array substrate, projections of the plurality of gate scanning signal lines on the array substrate and projections of the plurality of data signal lines on the array substrate intersecting with each other; a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array, the plurality of sub-pixels being surrounded by the plurality of gate scanning signal lines and the plurality of data signal lines; touch sensing signal lines; and touch circuits. At least a part of the gate scanning signal lines are multiplexed to charge the touch circuits, and each of the touch sensing signal lines is configured to sense a change in an electrical signal of one of the touch circuits which have been charged so as to determine a position of a touch point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Shancai Zhang, Tao Ma, Shounian Chen
  • Publication number: 20190116662
    Abstract: A circuit board structure, a binding test method and a display device are provided. The circuit board structure includes a first circuit board including a first binding region, a second circuit board including a second binding region matching with the first binding region, and a test circuit configured to test an alignment state of the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The test circuit includes multiple first electrodes and multiple second electrodes insulated from each other and arranged on the first circuit board, and multiple third electrodes arranged on the second circuit board. A group including one of the first electrodes and one of the second electrodes matches with one of the third electrodes, so that a current flows through the test circuit in case that the test circuit is supplied with power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kun LI, Tao MA, Fengzhen LV
  • Publication number: 20190107883
    Abstract: A timing controller, a display driving circuit and a control method as well as an electronic component thereof, and a display device are provided. The timing controller is for a display device including a display driving circuit, the timing controller including at least one of electronic components; wherein the timing controller includes a first transmitting circuit, configured to transmit a sleep signal to the at least one of electronic components after the end of a display scanning period in each display cycle to enable the electronic component receiving the sleep signal to enter a sleep state; and a second transmitting circuit, configured to transmit a waking-up signal to each of the electronic components in the sleep state before the start of each display cycle to wake up each of the electronic components in the sleep state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Tao MA
  • Publication number: 20190086493
    Abstract: A gradient amplifier for use in a MRI system can be located in the scan room. The gradient amplifier includes pair of rails connected to a gradient power supply. The gradient amplifier also includes a H-bridge of switches which includes a first high side switch and a first low side switch connected in series between the pair of rails, and a second high side switch and a second low side switch connected in series between the pair of rails. The gradient amplifier further includes a first high side driver circuit, a first low side driver circuit, a second high side driver circuit, and a second low side driver circuit, each configured to drive the corresponding switch in the H-bridge. A common power source supplies power to all driver circuits, wherein power is supplied to the high side driver circuits through bootstrap circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Zhenen Cao, Tiezheng Chen, Jie Zhou, Tao Ma, Margaret Wiza, Jiabin Yao, Juan Sabate
  • Publication number: 20190080642
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a panel drive device and a display device. The panel drive device includes an interface module, a voltage conversion module and a compensation module. The interface module includes a first input end and a first output end. The voltage conversion module includes a second input end and a second output end. The first output end is coupled with the second input end. A voltage at the first input end is a first voltage, a voltage at the first output end is a second voltage, a voltage at the second input end is a third voltage signal and a voltage at the second output end is a fourth voltage signal. The compensation module is configured to generate a compensation voltage signal according to the third voltage signal and apply the compensation voltage signal to the first input end or the first output end, so that the third voltage signal equals to the first voltage signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yanping Zhang, Tao Ma
  • Patent number: 10203822
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a touch substrate and a manufacturing method for the same, and a display device. The touch substrate includes a base, and a white photoresist, a first flat layer, a first metal electrode layer, a second flat layer, and a second metal electrode layer sequentially formed on the base. The white photoresist is formed in a frame region of the touch substrate. The first flat layer is configured to cover the white photoresist and the base, so as to provide a flat surface for forming the first metal electrode layer. The display device includes the touch substrate and a display panel bonded thereto. In embodiments of the present disclosure, the height difference brought about by the white photoresist is planarized through the first flat layer, thereby avoiding the problem of disconnected wire in a metal electrode layer at the climbing position in the frame region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenlong Wang, Hongqiang Luo, Tao Ma
  • Patent number: 10198112
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for implementing touch feedback is provided. The method for implementing touch feedback includes determining a touch region corresponding to a touch operation in response to the touch operation on a touch display device, processing an image to be displayed based at least in part on the touch region wherein the processing includes adjusting image features of the image to be displayed in the touch region, and displaying the processed image to be displayed on the touch display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kun Li, Jing Wang, Yifei Zhan, Tao Ma, Dayu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190005093
    Abstract: A method and system for executing a query in parallel is disclosed. A master node may receive a query from a client and develop query plans from that query. The query plans may be forwarded to worker nodes for execution, and each query plan may be accompanied by query metadata. The metadata may be stored in a catalog on the master node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Caleb Welton, Hitoshi Harada, Jeffrey Cohen, Lei Chang, Radhika Reddy, Tao Ma, Zhanwei Wang
  • Patent number: 10168846
    Abstract: A touch display panel, a manufacturing method, a display device and a touch substrate are provided. The touch display panel, comprising a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; the display region includes a base substrate and a touch function layer arranged on the base substrate; the non-display region includes the base substrate, and a white light-shielding layer and a reflection enhancing layer which are sequentially arranged on the base substrate, and the reflection enhancing layer is configured for increasing reflectivity of the touch display panel with respect to incident rays; the touch function layer, the white light-shielding layer and the reflection enhancing layer are located on a same side of the base substrate. The touch display panel can improve brightness of appearance of a white OGS touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenjie Shi, Taofeng Xie, Ming Hu, Tao Ma