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).

  • REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20200182522
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with an ice maker, at least comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged inside the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air duct, and an ice-making fan, the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air duct to form a refrigerating circulation loop, the ice-making fan is arranged in the ice-making air duct, and the ice-making evaporator is disposed outside the ice-making chamber and located inside the refrigerating compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Yu LI, Deming WEI, Ying JIA, Wei CHEN, Dongxian LIU, Xuezai ZHENG, Wei REN
  • REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20200166260
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with an ice maker, at least comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged inside the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air duct, and an ice-making fan, the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air duct to form a refrigerating circulation loop, the ice-making fan is arranged in the ice-making air duct, and the ice-making evaporator is disposed outside the ice-making chamber and located inside the refrigerating compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yu LI, Deming Wei, Ying Jia, Wei Chen, Dongxian Liu, Xuezai Zheng, Wei Ren
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20200162956
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method for wireless communications, comprising a processing circuit configured to perform the following steps: according to an acquired measurement configuration, measuring a new radio synchronized signal (NR-SS) from a serving cell and one or more target cells to obtain a first measurement result; according to the measurement configuration, measuring a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) from the serving cell and the one or more target cells to obtain a second measurement result; and generating a measurement report comprising the first measurement result and the second measurement result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tao CUI, Wei REN
  • Methods and apparatus for image processing
    Patent number: 10645300
    Abstract: A system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions and a processor coupled to the non-transitory computer readable medium. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to obtain an input indicative of a desired image texture quality, receive an image captured by an image capturing device, analyze texture of the image, and generate a signal to vary or maintain a parameter of the image capturing device based on the analysis of the texture to yield the desired image texture quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Yang, Wei Ren
  • MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20200117380
    Abstract: A memory device includes a data calculation circuit, a space calculation circuit, and a warning circuit. The data calculation circuit is coupled to a memory, and is configured to determine a data quantity of valid data stored in the memory. The space calculation circuit is coupled to the memory, and is configured to determine a data capacity of a current valid storage space of the memory. The warning circuit is configured to determine a threshold capacity according to the data quantity, and is configured to determine whether to output a warning message according to the data capacity, the data quantity, and the threshold capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yen-Chung CHEN, Han-Ting TSAI, Jiunn-Jong PAN, Wei-Ren HSU
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REACTIVE POWER CONTROL OF A WIND FARM
    Publication number: 20200083710
    Abstract: A method for reactive power control of a wind farm having a plurality of clusters of wind turbines with a cluster transformer connecting each cluster of wind turbines to a power grid is provided. The method includes receiving, via a plurality of cluster-level controllers, a reactive power command from a farm-level controller. The method also includes generating, via the cluster-level controllers, a cluster-level reactive current command for each cluster of wind turbines based on the reactive power command. Further, the method includes distributing, via the cluster-level controllers, a turbine-level reactive current command to turbine-level controllers of the wind turbines based on the cluster-level reactive current command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Govardhan Ganireddy, Rajni Burra, Wei Ren, Anthony Michael Klodowski, Saurabh Shukla, Zhuohui Tan, Robert Gregory Wagoner
  • MICROWAVE RESONANT CAVITY FOR LASER COOLING, MICROWAVE INTERROGATION AND ATOMIC STATE DETECTION IN SITU
    Publication number: 20200076441
    Abstract: A microwave resonant cavity for laser cooling, microwave interrogation, and atomic state detection, comprising a microwave resonant cavity body, two cutoff waveguide end covers, and four waveguides for laser beams and microwave coupling. The cavity feeds not only microwave but also laser beams into the center of the cavity. In a vacuum chamber with target atoms, the target atoms may be trapped and cooled in the center of the cavity. By sequential operation of the resonant microwave and lasers, the microwave resonant cavity of the present invention may manipulate and detect the atomic state population and interrogate the energy level of the cold atoms in situ. The invention may be applied to the fields of atomic frequency standard, interferometer and atomic gyro for developing the miniaturized cold atoms related precision measurement equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Desheng LV, Zhen Zhang, Xinwen Wang, Wei Ren, Xiangkai Peng, Kangkang Liu, Jingfeng Xiang, Liang Liu
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROLLER AND ASSOCIATED ACCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200073794
    Abstract: The present invention provides a memory controller including an artificial intelligence (AI) module and a microprocessor. In the operations of the memory controller, the AI module receives a read command from a host device, and generates an auxiliary command according to the read command. The microprocessor is configured to select a first L2P mapping table according to a logical address included in the read command, and refer to the first L2P mapping table to read data from a memory module. The microprocessor is further configured to read a second L2P mapping table from the memory module according to the auxiliary command, wherein the second L2P mapping table does not include the logical address included in the read command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yen-Chung CHEN, Jiunn-Jong PAN, Wei-Ren HSU, Yi-Ting WEI
  • MEMORY CONTROLLER AND ASSOCIATED ACCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200073571
    Abstract: The present invention provides a memory controller including an artificial intelligence (AI) module and a microprocessor. In the operations of the memory controller, the AI module is arranged to determine a first user behavior model or a second user behavior model to generate a determination result according to a plurality of access commands and/or a plurality of parameters of a memory module controlled by the memory module. When the determination result indicates the first user behavior model, the microprocessor uses a first control strategy to control the memory module; and when the determination result indicates the second user behavior model, the microprocessor uses a second control strategy different from the first control strategy to control the memory module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yen-Chung CHEN, Han-Ting TSAI, Wei-Ren HSU, Wen-Hsin CHANG
  • FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER AND ASSOCIATED ACCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200073582
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flash memory controller including an artificial intelligence (AI) module and a microprocessor. In the operations of the flash memory controller, the AI module receives data from a host device, and determines if the data is important data or unimportant data to generate a determination result. The microprocessor is configured to write the data into a flash memory module according to the determination result, wherein the flash memory module comprises a plurality of first blocks and a plurality of second blocks, and quantity of bits stored in each memory cell within the first blocks is lower than quantity of bits stored in each memory cell within the second blocks. When the determination result indicates that the data is the important data, the microprocessor only stores the data into at least one of the first blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Wen-Hsin Chang, Yen-Chung Chen, Wei-Ren Hsu, YUFENG ZHOU
  • Morphology of Resist Mask Prior to Etching
    Publication number: 20200075319
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a patterning process. A photoresist layer is patterned. At least portions of the photoresist layer are converted from an organic material to an inorganic material by a deposition process of a metal oxide. All or some of the patterned photoresist layer may be converted to a carbon-metal-oxide. A metal oxide crust may be formed over the patterned photoresist layer. After conversion, the patterned photoresist layer is used as an etch mask to etch an underlying layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Chang, Jung-Hau Shiu, Wei-Ren Wang, Shing-Chyang Pan, Tze-Liang Lee
  • LASER-BASED MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MOVABLE PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20200033120
    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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Huai HUANG, Wei REN, Peng WANG
  • ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE BANDWIDTH FOR A VOLTAGE REGULATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200036188
    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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Wei Ren, Jalpa Shah, Hossein Ghassempour Aghamolki
  • Identity authentication method, apparatus, and system
    Patent number: 10547624
    Abstract: When a security authentication request sent by a terminal is received, an identity authentication solution includes acquiring network environment information and user behavior data according to the security authentication request, then determining, according to the network environment information and the user behavior data, whether a current operation is a machine attack, and acquiring a CAPTCHA of a predetermined type according to a predetermined policy and delivering the CAPTCHA to the terminal if the current operation is a machine attack, to perform identity authentication, or determining that security authentication succeeds if the current operation is not a machine attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tang Yan Ping, Zhang Yan Ling, Wang Yu Ye, Gong Ling, Huang Jia Qi, Wei Ren Jia
  • MULTI-TIME PROGRAMMING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
    Publication number: 20200006508
    Abstract: A multi-time programming non-volatile memory includes a select transistor, a floating gate transistor, a switch transistor, a capacitor and an erase gate element. The select transistor is connected with a select line and a source line. The floating gate transistor includes a floating gate. The floating gate transistor is connected with the select transistor. The switch transistor is connected with a word line, the floating gate transistor and a bit line. A first terminal of the capacitor is connected with the floating gate. A second terminal of the capacitor is connected with a control line. The erase gate element includes the floating gate, a gate oxide layer and a p-type region. The erase gate element is connected with an erase line. The floating gate of the erase gate element at least includes an n-type floating gate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Chun-Yuan LO, Shih-Chen WANG, Wen-Hao CHING, Chih-Hsin CHEN, Wei-Ren CHEN
  • ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200004092
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel, and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a display region and a non-display region, the non-display region includes a plurality of alignment wires and a plurality of alignment pads; wherein each alignment pad electrically connects to a corresponding alignment wire, and the high potential alignment wire electrically connects to the high potential pad and the low potential alignment wire electrically connects to the low potential pad, the high potential alignment wire is disposed on one side of the plurality of alignment pads and the low potential alignment wire is disposed on an opposite side of the plurality of alignment pads. In the above manner, the present disclosure can reduce the risk of generating static electricity between the alignment wires and improve the electrostatic protection capability of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: WEI REN
  • Patterning Methods for Semiconductor Devices
    Publication number: 20190385902
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming semiconductor devices are provided. A method includes forming a first mask layer over an underlying layer, patterning the first mask layer to form a first opening, forming a non-conformal film over the first mask layer, wherein a first thickness of the non-conformal film formed on the top surface of the first mask layer is greater than a second thickness of the non-conformal film formed on a sidewall surface of the first mask layer, performing a descum process, wherein the descum process removes a portion of the non-conformal film within the first opening, and etching the underlying layer using the patterned first mask layer and remaining portions of the non-conformal film as an etching mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Wei-Ren Wang, Shing-Chyang Pan, Ching-Yu Chang, Wan-Lin Tsai, Jung-Hau Shiu, Tze-Liang Lee
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20190379815
    Abstract: A system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions and a processor coupled to the non-transitory computer readable medium. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to obtain an input indicative of a desired image texture quality, receive an image captured by an image capturing device, analyze texture of the image, and generate a signal to vary or maintain a parameter of the image capturing device based on the analysis of the texture to yield the desired image texture quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Kang YANG, Wei REN
  • NEBULIZER
    Publication number: 20190374730
    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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Chih-Chieh Chen, Sheng-Hsiu Huang, Chih-Wei Lin, Yu-Mei Kuo, Wei-Ren Ke
  • IPS array substrate and liquid crystal display panel
    Patent number: 10488719
    Abstract: An IPS array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel are provided. The IPS array substrate includes a substrate, a common line, a data line, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of common electrodes. Each of the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes includes a first transparent electrode layer, a second transparent electrode layer, and a metal layer between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Ren