Patents by Inventor Tong Chen

Tong Chen 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: 20250137709
    Abstract: An aging device for refrigerating and freezing apparatus includes a aging drawer configured to be retractably provided in a cabinet of the refrigerating and freezing apparatus, the interior of the aging drawer is defined a aging chamber for containing the items to be aged, a rear wall of the aging drawer being provided with a return air inlet and at least one air outlet; a circulation fan, a plurality of seal mounting holes being arranged at intervals on the peripheral side of each airflow outlet of the circulating fan; and at least one sealing ring, each of sealing ring is annularly arranged around the periphery of a corresponding airflow outlet, a plurality of seal mounting structures are spaced on one side of each sealing ring and are configured to lock and fit with the seal mounting holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Chunli WANG, Hao ZHANG, Tong CHEN, Zhanpeng CUI
  • Patent number: 12287913
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for controlling and displaying representations of user in environments, such as during a live communication session and/or a live collaboration session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. Rickwald, Andrew R. Bacon, Kristi E. Bauerly, Rupert Burton, Jordan A. Cazamias, Tong Chen, Shih-Sang Chiu, Jonathan Perron, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: 12281957
    Abstract: Acoustic optical integrity detection system architectures and methods can be used to detect optical integrity of an optical component by detecting a discontinuity on and/or in the optical component (e.g., on the optical surface and/or within the bulk of the optical component). In some examples, integrity detection can be used to ensure safety compliance of an optical system, optionally including a laser. Acoustic integrity detection can utilize transducers (e.g., piezoelectric transducers) to transmit ultrasonic waves along an optical surface and/or through the thickness of an optical component. A discontinuity of the optical surface can interact with the transmitted wave causing attenuation, redirection and/or reflection of at least a portion of the transmitted wave. Portions of the transmitted wave energy after interaction with the discontinuity can be measured to determine discontinuity location, type, and/or severity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael K. McCord, Ehsan Khajeh, Brian M. King, Tong Chen, Yaser Shanjani
  • Publication number: 20250121078
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I): in which L1, L2, LD1, LD2, R5, and R6 are defined. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such a compound a method of treating cancer using the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Lun Kelvin Tsou, Yu-Wei Liu, Chiung-Tong Chen, Tai-Yu Chiu, Chuan Shih, Jang-Yang Chang
  • Publication number: 20250110579
    Abstract: Present examples are directed to systems and methods for detecting local optical occlusion on a device. Examples are also directed to devices that may detect local optical occlusion. For example, a device may include a first light emitter and a first light detector, and the device may determine that the first light emitter of the device is optically occluded by an object outside a housing of the device based on a first amount of light of one or more amounts of light detected via the first light detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Tong CHEN, Xiaoyang ZHANG, Christopher K. EWY, Ian P. COLAHAN
  • Publication number: 20250111596
    Abstract: Generating a 3D representation of a subject includes obtaining image data of a subject, obtaining tracking data for the subject based on the image data, and determining, for a particular frame of the image data, a velocity of the subject in the image data. A transparency treatment is applied to a portion of the virtual representation in accordance with the determined velocity. The portion of the virtual representation to which the transparency treatment is applied includes a shoulder region of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Tong CHEN, Jonathan PERRON, Shih-Sang CHIU
  • Publication number: 20250102628
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are self-mixing interference (SMI) sensors, frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) sensors, and electronic devices that include SMI and FMCW sensors. Both types of sensors include a photonic crystal surface-emitting laser diode. The SMI sensors include a photonic crystal surface-emitting laser diode configured to undergo SMI between a primary emitted light from the photonic crystal surface-emitting laser diode and reflections thereof from an object. The SMI sensor includes a photodetector configured to receive a secondary light emission from the photonic crystal surface-emitting laser diode and detect a parameter related to the SMI, from which distance or motion to the object may be inferred. The FMCW sensors include a photonic crystal surface-emitting laser diode configured to emit a primary light emission toward the object and a secondary light emission toward a light beam combiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Fei Tan, Pengfei Qiao, Alexander Hein, Chin Han Lin, Tong Chen, Takashi Hosoda, Arnaud Laflaquiere
  • Publication number: 20250105594
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an optoelectronic sensing device having a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), a resonance cavity photodetector (RCPD), and a tunnel junction. The VCSEL is at least partly defined by a first set of semiconductor layers disposed on a substrate. The first set of semiconductor layers includes a first active region. The VCSEL is configured to emit laser light towards the substrate, upon application of a first bias voltage, and undergo self-mixing interference upon reception of reflections or backscatters thereof. The RCPD is vertically adjacent to the VCSEL and is at least partly defined by a second set of semiconductor layers disposed on the substrate. The second set of semiconductor layers includes a second active region. The RCPD is configured to detect, upon application of a second bias voltage, the self-mixing interference. The tunnel junction is disposed between the first active region and the second active region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Pengfei Qiao, Fei Tan, Tong Chen, Qinghong Du, Siddharth Joshi, Nicolas Hotellier, Alexander Hein, Pierre-Antoine Delean
  • Publication number: 20250103132
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for controlling and displaying representations of user in environments, such as during a live communication session and/or a live collaboration session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jason D. RICKWALD, Andrew R. BACON, Kristi E. BAUERLY, Rupert BURTON, Jordan A. CAZAMIAS, Tong CHEN, Shih-Sang CHIU, Stephen O. LEMAY, Jonathan PERRON, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Giancarlo YERKES, Alan C. DYE
  • Publication number: 20250093968
    Abstract: A system may include an electronic device such as a head-mounted device and a handheld controller for controlling the electronic device. The handheld controller may have a housing with an elongated shaft extending between first and second tip portions. A removable tip member may be coupled to the first tip portion. A position sensor may be located in the removable tip member and may be used to track surface markings made with the handheld controller on a surface. The position sensor may be an optical flow sensor, a visual inertial odometry camera, an interferometer, or other sensor. A force sensor at the first tip portion may be used to detect when the tip contacts a surface. The position sensor may switch from air input mode to surface marking mode in response to detecting contact with the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Ian P Colahan, Christopher K Ewy, Yuhao Pan, Tong Chen, David D Dashevsky
  • Publication number: 20250083241
    Abstract: A double resistor-capacitor discharge machining system comprises an electrode, a discharge circuit module and a control unit. The electrode is configured to process a workpiece. The discharge circuit module comprises a first discharge circuit and a second discharge circuit. The first discharge circuit comprises a first resistor, a first capacitor and a first transistor and configured to generate a first discharge current. The second discharge circuit is connected in parallel with the first discharge circuit and includes a second resistor, a second capacitor and a second transistor to generate a second discharge current. The capacitance value of the first capacitor is greater than that of the second capacitor. The control unit is configured to respectively control the first transistor and the second transistor, and control the discharge circuit module to alternatively output the first discharge current and the second discharge current to the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Shun-Tong Chen, Shih-Yao Chen
  • Publication number: 20250072596
    Abstract: A height-adjustable desk includes a base, a desk board assembly, a support arm assembly and a supporter. The desk board assembly is above the base, and the support arm assembly is a rhombic linkage mechanism. The support arm assembly includes a first arm segment, a second arm segment, a third arm segment and a fourth arm segment. Bottom ends of the first and second arm segments rotatably connect with the base, and top ends of the third and fourth arm segments rotatably connect with the desk board assembly. A top end of the first arm segment rotatably connects with a bottom end of the third arm segment, and a top end of the second arm segment rotatably connects with a bottom end of the fourth arm segment. The first and second arm segments, and the third and fourth arm segments connect in an engaging transmission manner, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Junhua PENG, Chengan LU, Tong CHEN, Ling HUANG, Changgan SHEN, Yuan WANG, Minyu KOU
  • Patent number: 12224328
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a word line structure. The semiconductor substrate has an active region. The word line structure is disposed in the active region of the semiconductor substrate. The word line structure includes a first work function layer, a second work function layer, and a buffer structure. The second work function layer is on the first work function layer. The buffer structure is between the first work function layer and the second work function layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Yan Ji, Wei-Tong Chen
  • Patent number: 12209890
    Abstract: An optical sensor module includes an interferometric sensor and a set of one or more optical elements. The interferometric sensor includes a coherent light source and at least one detector configured to generate an interferometric signal. The set of one or more optical elements is configured to simultaneously direct a first portion of light emitted by the coherent light source toward a first focus area within a first depth of focus; direct a second portion of the light emitted by the coherent light source toward a second focus area within a second depth of focus; and direct portions of the emitted light that are returned from one or more objects within the first depth of focus or the second depth of focus toward the interferometric sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tong Chen, Ahmet Fatih Cihan, Daryl I. Vulis, Mingzhou Jin
  • Patent number: 12208747
    Abstract: A navigation display assembly includes a display unit which has a pair of clamps that can releasably engage a visor in a vehicle to position the display unit in front of a driver of the vehicle. The display unit includes a first panel extending downwardly from the display unit and a second panel hingedly coupled to the display unit. The second panel is positionable at an adjustable angle with respect to the first panel and the display unit projects an image onto the second panel. In this way the second panel reflects the image onto the first panel to facilitate the driver to view the image without taking their eyes off of the road while driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventor: Tong Chen
  • Patent number: 12204460
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for protecting a program from making out of bounds memory references, including determining whether an instruction makes out of bound references where the instruction that loads data from or stores data to a buffer refers to addresses that are outside the bounds of the buffer, and responsive to the determining that the instruction refers to addresses that are partially out of bounds, changing an execution of the load or the store including modifying the starting address specified in the instruction, a length of data specified in the instruction, or a value for an out of bounds reference to load or store data that is within the bounds of the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tong Chen, Alper Buyuktosunoglu, Richard H. Boivie, Gururaj Saileshwar
  • Publication number: 20250020385
    Abstract: An aging drawer and refrigeration apparatus with the same. The aging drawer comprises a shell, at least one air duct board provided within the shell and a circulation fan. The shell and the at least one air duct board define a aging chamber and at least one air supply duct, the aging chamber is connected to the air supply duct through multiple air outlet supply ports arranged along the direction of airflow within the air supply duct; and at least an air supply section of the air supply duct, which is directly connected to the multiple air outlets, is configured to gradually taper along the direction of airflow therein, thereby ensuring the airflow passes through the air supply section at a uniform speed at different positions, and improving the aging effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Chunli WANG, Hao ZHANG, Tong CHEN, Zhanpeng CUI
  • Patent number: 12197113
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat dissipation system and a projection device including the same. The heat dissipation system includes a case, a plurality of liquid cold plates, a first radiator and a second radiator. The case includes a main air inlet and an air outlet. The liquid cold plates are disposed in the case. The first radiator is disposed in the case and beside the main air inlet. The second radiator is disposed in the case and beside the air outlet. The liquid cold plates, the first radiator and the second radiator are connected with one another. The invention has a good heat radiating effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Jing-Wei Chen, Jhih-Tong Chen, Jia-Hong Dai, Kai-Lun Hou, Te-Ying Tsai
  • Publication number: 20250003666
    Abstract: A refrigerating and freezing device and an aging device thereof. The aging device comprises: an inner housing defining an aging chamber; an outer housing, at least part of the circumferential side wall of the outer housing and at least part of the circumferential side wall of the inner housing being spaced apart to form an air supply channel, and the air supply channel being communicated with the aging chamber by means of a plurality of air supply ports disposed in the circumferential side wall of the inner housing; and a circulating fan, configured to controllably drive airflow in the air supply channel to flow to the aging chamber by means of the air supply ports. The plurality of air supply ports are arranged on the circumferential side wall of the inner housing in a manner of becoming gradually dense from top to bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Tong CHEN, Haoquan LIU, Zhanpeng CUI, Chunli WANG
  • Publication number: 20240398224
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that track a state of a user's eye (e.g., position/orientation, gaze direction accommodation, pupil dilation, etc.) using coherence-based measurement (e.g., optical coherence tomography (OCT)). The coherence-based measurement may provide sub-surface information, e.g., depth, cross section, or a volumetric model of the eye, based on reflections/scattering of light (e.g., using relatively long wavelength light to penetrate into the eye tissue).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Walter NISTICO, Avery L. WANG, Edward VAIL, Huiyang DENG, Samuel STEVEN, Seyedeh Mahsa KAMALI, Tong CHEN, Xibin ZHOU