Patents by Inventor Wei Ren

Wei Ren 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: 20220173781
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic device for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to conduct control so as to send a reference signal for a direct link to the other user equipment or to receive same from the other user equipment; the processing circuit is also configured to conduct control so as to carry out beamforming-based direct link communication with the other user equipment; and at least one of a sending beam and a receiving beam for direct link communication is determined based on the measurement of the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yanzhao HOU, Xiaofeng TAO, Zhaoqi PENG, Xin GUO, Yuming LIU, Min ZHU, Wei REN
  • Patent number: 11324899
    Abstract: A nebulizer with orientation independent operation is provided. The nebulizer includes an outer tube, an inner tube provided in the outer tube, and a mesh structure disposed above an end of the outer tube. A first channel, a main channel, and a second channel are formed between the outer tube and the inner tube. When in use, capillary force is created in the main channel, such that a liquid contained in the inner tube can be transported sequentially through the second channel, the main channel, and the first channel to the mesh structure. The liquid is nebulized and dispersed into the air through vibrations of the mesh structure actuated by an annular vibration source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Chih-Chieh Chen, Sheng-Hsiu Huang, Chih-Wei Lin, Yu-Mei Kuo, Wei-Ren Ke
  • Publication number: 20220128351
    Abstract: A laser-based measurement device includes a laser transmitter; a laser receiver; an optical device configured to guide a laser beam emitted by the laser transmitter out of the laser-based measurement device and guide the laser beam reflected by an external environment in the laser receiver; and a driving device including a first magnetic member connected to the optical device and a second magnetic member. The driving device is configured to drive the optical device to vibrate through interaction between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member, to change a guiding direction of the laser beam passing through the optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Huai HUANG, Wei REN, Peng WANG
  • Patent number: 11309858
    Abstract: A method for inducing brain waves by sound has the following steps: receiving a first channel input signal and a second channel input signal; adjusting a volume gain of the first channel input signal to form a first channel output signal, wherein a format of the volume gain of the first channel output signal is a first wave format; adjusting a volume gain of the second channel input signal to form a second channel output signal, wherein a format of the volume gain of the second channel output signal is a second wave format, wherein there is a phase difference between the first wave format and the second wave format, wherein the formats of the first wave format and the second wave format are the same; outputting the first channel output signal to a first speaker; and outputting the second channel output signal to a second speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Kuan-Li Chao, Kuo-Wei Kao, I-Ting Lee, Wei-Lin Chang, Wei-Ren Lan, Kuo-Ping Yang
  • Patent number: 11304012
    Abstract: An equalizer adjustment method applied to an electronic device is disclosed. The equalizer adjustment method includes: storing an age gain value list in the storage module, wherein the age gain value list includes a plurality of age sections, each age section respectively includes a set of correction parameters, and the set of correction parameters includes a plurality of compensation gain values respectively corresponding to a plurality of target frequencies; via the hearing test module, providing a hearing test; obtaining a hearing test result of a user; via the age determination module and according to the hearing test result, obtaining the age section corresponding to the user; obtaining the set of correction parameters corresponding to the age section corresponding to the user; via the equalizer adjustment module and according to the set of correction parameters, adjusting gain value settings of the equalizer at different target frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-Ping Yang, Neo Bob Chih-Yung Young, Wei-Ren Lan
  • Publication number: 20220091811
    Abstract: A method for adjusting playing sound in a sound playing system is disclosed. The sound playing system includes a camera module, a facial analysis module, a sound inputting module, a sound adjustment module, and a speaker. The method includes: obtaining an image of a face of each one of a plurality of people through the camera module; analyzing the image to estimate the age of each one of the plurality of people through the facial analysis module, and obtaining a target age according to the age of each person; obtaining a playing sound through the sound inputting module; adjusting the playing sound according to the target age through the sound adjustment module to obtain an output sound; and playing the output sound through the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kuo-Ping YANG, Wei-Ming CHEN, Po-Jui WU, Wei-Ren LAN
  • Publication number: 20220095060
    Abstract: An equalizer adjustment method applied to an electronic device is disclosed. The equalizer adjustment method includes: storing an age gain value list in the storage module, wherein the age gain value list includes a plurality of age sections, each age section respectively includes a set of correction parameters, and the set of correction parameters includes a plurality of compensation gain values respectively corresponding to a plurality of target frequencies; via the hearing test module, providing a hearing test; obtaining a hearing test result of a user; via the age determination module and according to the hearing test result, obtaining the age section corresponding to the user; obtaining the set of correction parameters corresponding to the age section corresponding to the user; via the equalizer adjustment module and according to the set of correction parameters, adjusting gain value settings of the equalizer at different target frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kuo-Ping YANG, Neo Bob Chih-Yung YOUNG, Wei-Ren LAN
  • Publication number: 20220084533
    Abstract: An adjustment method of sound output is disclosed. The adjustment method includes the following steps of: receiving an audio message having a vowel message; determining whether the audio message is a whispered voice message; if the audio message is a whispered voice message, outputting a normal voice message, wherein the spoken content of the normal voice message is the same as that of the audio message, and the normal voice message has a normal voice vowel message, wherein the sound energy of the low-frequency part of the normal voice vowel message is 1.5-1,000,000 times that of the vowel message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kuan-Li CHAO, Wei-Ren LAN, Hung LIN, Kuo-Ping YANG
  • Publication number: 20220083061
    Abstract: Example embodiments include a motion mechanism that can be coupled between the main body of an unmanned movable object and the optoelectronic scanning module. The motion mechanism can include, e.g., a spinning device and a tilting device. The spinning device can be operable to rotate the scanning module relative to the main body about a spin axis. The tilting device can be operable, e.g., in response to a tilt angle input, to rotate the scanning module about an additional axis that is transverse to the spin axis. Further example embodiments include an orientation sensor installed on the main body of the unmanned movable object. Some embodiments also provide a controller that is configured to receive an orientation signal from the orientation sensor and, based at least in part on the orientation signal, determine a tilt value for the tilt angle input for the tilting device in the motion mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: JIEBIN XIE, WEI REN, ZHIPENG ZHAN
  • Patent number: 11268187
    Abstract: Disclosed are a porous aluminum macroscopic body, a fabrication system, and a method therefor, where the porous aluminum macroscopic body is a three-dimensional full-through-hole structure formed by connecting hollow aluminum wires, and the wall thickness of the hollow aluminum wires is 7-100 micrometers. The fabrication system comprises a magnetron sputtering subsystem, a high-temperature aluminum vapor subsystem, a low-temperature aluminum deposition subsystem, an aluminum vapor recovery subsystem, and a porous polymer film conveying subsystem. A preparation method therefor comprises first utilizing a magnetron sputtering method to rapidly sputter on a porous polymer film to form an aluminum layer that has a thickness of 1-500 nm, and then continuing to deposit the aluminum layer to a thickness of 7-100 micrometers while decomposing the polymer film in-situ so as to obtain the porous aluminum macroscopic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: JIANGSU ZHONGTIAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., ZHONGTIAN SUPERCAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Wei-Zhong Qian, Ji-Ping Xue, Zhou-Fei Yang, Wei-Ren You, Ying Jin, Sun-Wang Gu
  • Patent number: 11258810
    Abstract: A method may be performed using a server. The method may include receiving an identity authentication request associated with a user, generating authentication information based on the identity authentication request, and generating candidate information based on the authentication information such that the authentication information is a subset of the candidate information. The candidate information may be displayed at a randomly selected location. The user may provide input through a graphic input interface to select the authentication information from among the candidate information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Tang Yan Ping, Zhang Yan Ling, Wang Yu Ye, Gong Ling, Huang Jia Qi, Wei Ren Jia
  • Patent number: 11253777
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a game operation optimization method and a mobile device. The method includes: in response to detecting that a game application is operating on the mobile device, reading a button configuration file corresponding to the game application; in response to detecting a first button event corresponding to the first button, converting the first button event into a second button event corresponding to the second button according to the button configuration file; and controlling a first content of the game application according to the second button event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei-Ren Lin, An-Cheng Lee, Sheng-Lin Chiu, Ying-Shih Hung, Chia-Hsien Tsou
  • Publication number: 20220050528
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a camera, a display, and a processor. The camera provides an image. The display displays a cursor. The processor executes a palm detection algorithm to identify a palm in the image and mark a bounding box around the palm. The processor also executes a hand key-point detection algorithm to mark a plurality of key points on the palm that has been marked in the image to obtain spatial coordinates of key points on the palm. The processor executes a hand motion detection algorithm to control the camera to turn in the corresponding direction, move the cursor in the display in a way that corresponds to the position change of the bounding box around the palm, and trigger an event according to the change of the spatial coordinates of at least one of the key points on the palm within a certain period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Cheng-Tse WU, An-Cheng LEE, Wei-Ren LIN, Ying-Shih HUNG
  • Patent number: 11245262
    Abstract: A voltage regulation system for an electrical power distribution network that receives electricity from one or more distributed energy resources includes: a voltage regulation device configured to maintain a voltage in the electrical power distribution network to within a voltage bandwidth, the voltage bandwidth including a range of voltages; and a control system coupled to the voltage regulation device, the control system configured to: analyze voltage data, the voltage data including a plurality of voltage samples, each of the voltage samples representing the voltage in the electrical power distribution network at a time within a period of time; determine an adjusted voltage bandwidth for the voltage regulation device based on the analysis; and change the voltage bandwidth of the voltage regulation device to the adjusted voltage bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Wei Ren, Jalpa Shah, Hossein Ghassempour Aghamolki
  • Patent number: 11245004
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory includes a substrate region, a barrier layer, an N-type well region, an isolation structure, a first gate structure, a first sidewall insulator, a first P-type doped region, a second P-type doped region and an N-type doped region. The isolation structure is arranged around the N-type well region and formed over the barrier layer. The N-type well region is surrounded by the isolation structure and the barrier layer. Consequently, the N-type well region is an isolation well region. The first gate structure is formed over a surface of the N-type well region. The first sidewall insulator is arranged around the first gate structure. The first P-type doped region, the second P-type doped region and the N-type doped region are formed under the surface of the N-type well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: EMEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Wei Chen, Wei-Ren Chen, Wein-Town Sun
  • Publication number: 20220037233
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a plurality of vias and a metal layer. The vias disposed on a semiconductor substrate. The metal layer has a plurality of metal lines and at least one transmission gate line region. The metal lines are connected to the vias. The at least one transmission gate line region is connected to at least one transmission gate corresponding to at least one transmission gate circuit. The transmission gate line region includes at least one different-net via pair. The different-net via pair has two metal lines and each of the two metal lines is connected to a via respectively. The two metal lines extend along a first axis but toward opposite directions. A distance between the two vias of the different-net via pair is within about 1.5 poly pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: WEI-REN CHEN, CHIH-LIANG CHEN, WEI-LING CHANG, HUI-ZHONG ZHUANG, LI-CHUN TIEN
  • Publication number: 20220037887
    Abstract: A voltage regulation device includes: an input node configured to receive electrical power from an electrical power source; a primary winding electrically connected to the input node; an output node configured to provide electrical power to a load; a shunt winding electrically connected to the output node; a converter configured to provide a compensation current to the shunt winding; and a control system configured to: determine a harmonic compensation signal based on harmonic frequency data; determine a reactive power compensation signal based on a reactive power set point; and control the converter based on the determined harmonic compensation signal and the determined reactive power compensation signal to produce the output compensation signal. The output compensation signal is configured to reduce the one or more harmonic frequency components in a current that flows in the output node and to control an amount of reactive power at the output node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hossein Ghassempour Aghamolki, Wei Ren, Swaroop Gajare
  • Patent number: 11237252
    Abstract: A detection apparatus includes an emission component, a receiver, and a controller electrically connected with the emission component and the receiver. The emission component includes an emitter configured to emit a signal, a reflector disposed in proximity to the emitter and configured to reflect the signal emitted by the emitter, and a driver connected to the reflector. The controller is configured to control the driver to drive the reflector to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiebin Xie, Wei Ren, Weisi Ma, Guyue Zhou
  • Patent number: 11221212
    Abstract: A laser-based measurement device includes a motor comprising a hollow shaft. The laser-based measurement device also includes a laser transmitter disposed in the hollow shaft. The laser-based measurement device also includes an optical device disposed at the motor. The motor is configured to drive the optical device to rotate. The optical device is configured to guide a laser beam transmitted by the laser transmitter out of the hollow shaft, or to guide the laser beam reflected by an external environment into the hollow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huai Huang, Wei Ren, Peng Wang
  • Publication number: 20210395256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, methods of using the compounds as Trk inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders such as cancer or infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bang FU, Yinlong LI, Wei REN, Jie CHEN, Xiangyong LIU, Jiabing WANG, Lieming DING