Patents by Inventor Wei Zhao

Wei Zhao 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).

  • Patent number: 11935074
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a casino patron engagement system that facilitates engagement among casino employees and casino patrons to engender patron loyalty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Eugene Bond, Gandalf Hudlow, Jie Zhou, Lu Zhao, Wei Yan, Wei Gong, Sina Miri, John E. Burden
  • Patent number: 11937328
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to perform millimeter wavelength communication with increased reliability and power efficiency using sensor inputs. The sensor inputs may include motion, rotation, or temperature measurements, among various possibilities. The sensor inputs may be used when performing beamforming tracking, antenna configuration, transmit and receive chain measurements and selection, and/or in any of various other possible operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Pengkai Zhao, Shiva Krishna Narra, Sriram Subramanian, Madhukar K. Shanbhag, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, Junsung Lim, Jia Tang, Galib A. Mohiuddin, Yu-Lin Wang, Zhu Ji, Johnson O. Sebeni
  • Publication number: 20240086089
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for low temperature management of a storage system. An apparatus may include a temperature sensor to generate a temperature reading, a timer configured with a time interval, a backup battery, one or more non-volatile memory (NVM) devices and a storage controller. The storage controller may be configured to: maintain a standby mode for low temperature management until a host electronic system has been turned off, start the timer and check the temperature reading when the host electronic system is turned off, determine that the temperature reading is below a temperature threshold, set the time interval based on the temperature reading, receive an interrupt from the timer when the timer counts to the time Interval, and perform low-temperature management operations for data stored in the one or more NVM devices using power supplied by the backup battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Lin CHEN, Gang ZHAO, Wei JIANG, Zining WU
  • Publication number: 20240088071
    Abstract: Methods for reducing resistivity of metal gapfill include depositing a conformal layer in an opening of a feature and on a field of a substrate with a first thickness of the conformal layer of approximately 10 microns or less, depositing a non-conformal metal layer directly on the conformal layer at a bottom of the opening and directly on the field using an anisotropic deposition process. A second thickness of the non-conformal metal layer on the field and on the bottom of the feature is approximately 30 microns or greater. And depositing a metal gapfill material in the opening of the feature and on the field where the metal gapfill material completely fills the opening without any voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yi XU, Yu LEI, Zhimin QI, Aixi ZHANG, Xianyuan ZHAO, Wei LEI, Xingyao GAO, Shirish A. PETHE, Tao HUANG, Xiang CHANG, Patrick Po-Chun LI, Geraldine VASQUEZ, Dien-yeh WU, Rongjun WANG
  • Publication number: 20240081352
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a blending method of high-quality and dual-purpose flour for bread and noodles, belonging to the technical field of flour processing. The method includes: selecting flour of a high-quality and dual-purpose wheat variety for bread and noodles as a high-quality basic flour for blending; according to a large gradient experimental design, selecting a gradient range ratio with a sedimentation value ?46.0 mL and a dough development time ?9.6 min, followed by subdividing for small gradient experiments; selecting a ratio with flour sedimentation value and dough development time that reach an ideal value to blend a large amount of flour; and making bread and noodles for scoring, followed by determining a blending ratio if a scoring result reaches an ideal value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yan Zi, Jianmin Song, Xiao Ma, Aifeng Liu, Wei Ju, Haosheng Li, Dungong Cheng, Canguo Wang, Jun Guo, Jianjun Liu, Xinyou Cao, Cheng Liu, Shengnan Zhai, Faji Li, Ran Han, Zhendong Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240090081
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform methods for Fifth Generation New Radio (5G NR) frequency range two (FR2) based communications beam management. The UE may configure, via communications with a base station, serving the UE, a group ID for PUCCH resources within a group of PUCCHs, e.g., for FR2 based communications. The UE may receive, from the base station, an update to one or more PUCCH resources within the group of PUCCHs via a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) that may include one of a resource ID indicating an update to a PUCCH resource or the group ID to update the group of PUCCH resources. The UE may update, based on the MAC-CE, the one or more PUCCH resources within the group of PUCCHs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Jia Tang, Pengkai Zhao, Tianyan Pu, Wei Zeng, Wei Zhang, Yuchul Kim, Yushu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240087955
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming tungsten features in semiconductor devices is provided. The method includes exposing a top opening of a feature formed in a substrate to a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process to deposit a tungsten liner layer within the feature. The PVD process is performed in a first processing region of a first processing chamber and the tungsten liner layer forms an overhang portion, which partially obstructs the top opening of the feature. The substrate is transferred from the first processing region of the first processing chamber to a second processing region of a second processing chamber without breaking vacuum. The overhang portion is exposed to nitrogen-containing radicals in the second processing region to inhibit subsequent growth of tungsten along the overhang portion. The feature is exposed to a tungsten-containing precursor gas to form a tungsten fill layer over the tungsten liner layer within the feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yi XU, Xianyuan ZHAO, Zhimin QI, Aixi ZHANG, Geraldine VASQUEZ, Dien-Yeh WU, Wei LEI, Xingyao GAO, Shirish PETHE, Wenting HOU, Chao DU, Tsung-Han YANG, Kyoung-Ho BU, Chen-Han LIN, Jallepally RAVI, Yu LEI, Rongjun WANG, Xianmin TANG
  • Patent number: 11928870
    Abstract: A method and apparatus used for extracting a feature point of an environmental target, which relate to the field of vehicles. The method comprises: acquiring the position of each corner point of an environmental target; and determining a feature point of the environmental target according to the position of each corner point of the environmental target. Thus, the problem wherein target identification is not precise may be solved, which is particularly suitable for the identification of a large target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: GREAT WALL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongliang Liu, Jianyong Ge, Longbao Zhen, Rutao Han, Wei Li, Junpeng Zhao, Ronglin Zeng, Chaokai Tian, Weifeng Deng
  • Publication number: 20240080780
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing maximum transmit power control when utilizing multiple radio access technologies. For example, a wireless communication device comprising two cellular radios may intend to transmit on the first radio, while concurrently transmitting on the second radio. To ensure compliance with a maximum transmit power limitation, the device may determine an allowed transmit power level of the first radio, representing a difference between the maximum transmit power limitation and the current transmit power level being transmitted by the second radio. The device may also determine a threshold power level for a communication by the first radio. If the allowed transmit power level meets the threshold power level, then the device may transmit the first communication having a power level between the threshold power level and the allowed transmit power level. Otherwise, the device may forego transmission of the first communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Johnson O. Sebeni, Zhu Ji, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yuchul Kim, Tianyan Pu, Pengkai Zhao, Wei Zeng, Jia Tang, Ping Wang, Wanping Zhang, Yang Li
  • Publication number: 20240075187
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a dry biological tissue material and a method of preparing the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: JIANGSU TRULIVE MEDTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei YANG, Jing ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20240078703
    Abstract: A personalized scene image processing method is provided for a terminal device. The method includes acquiring, according to a touch event triggered in a screen region of the terminal device, a trajectory of the touch event in the screen region; generating a virtual model, according to a projection of the trajectory of the touch event in a space coordinate system; reconstructing a model view of the virtual model mapped within a field of view of the terminal device, according to a position and posture of the terminal device in the space coordinate system; and overlaying a scene image acquired by the terminal device in the position and posture with the model view to obtain a personalized scene image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Lingjie KE, Lingrui CUI, Zhenyang ZHAO, Wei DAI, Xubin LU, Xiaolong LIU, Qiqi ZHONG, Xinwan WU
  • Patent number: 11922848
    Abstract: Provided is a method for compensating a displayed picture in a display screen. The display screen includes a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions including a plurality of pixels; the method includes: determining transformation matrices corresponding to pixels in the plurality of regions based on texture complexities of pictures to be displayed in the plurality of regions; acquiring compensated grayscales by compensating grayscales of pixel points in the pictures to be displayed in the plurality of regions based on the transformation matrices corresponding to the pixels in the plurality of regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tiankuo Shi, Yifan Hou, Xiangjun Peng, Chenxi Zhao, Xiaomang Zhang, Minglei Chu, Xin Duan, Wei Sun, Ming Chen, Lingyun Shi
  • Patent number: 11923265
    Abstract: A power module, including: a first conductor, disposed at a first reference plane; a second conductor, disposed at a second reference plane, wherein projections of the first and second conductors on the first reference plane have a first overlap area; a third conductor, disposed at a third reference plane; a plurality of first switches and a plurality of second switches, wherein at least one of the first switches and at least one of the second switches that are located on a left side are alternatively disposed, at least one of the first switches and at least one of the second switches that are located on a right side are alternately disposed, and the left side and the right side of the first overlap area are oppositely disposed. Heat sources of the power module are evenly distributed and its parasitic inductance is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wei Cheng, Shouyu Hong, Dongfang Lian, Tao Wang, Zhenqing Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240070308
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a permission setting method and apparatus, a device, and a medium. The method includes: displaying a permission customization control, in response to a trigger operation on a permission setting object of task information, the permission setting object including a first information object and/or a second information object, the second information object being subordinate to the first information object; displaying a permission editing interface, in response to a trigger operation on the permission customization control, and receiving customization permission information via the permission editing interface; and displaying the customization permission information corresponding to the permission setting object. Therefore, a hierarchy structure based on the task information satisfies a setting need for content-based permission customization, and improves a permission management efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Wenzong MA, Liang CHEN, Yingtao LIU, Wei REN, Qiushuo HUANG, Yuejiang YUAN, Hao HUANG, Jianhui WU, Yalong ZOU, Linghui ZHOU, Mengzhang WU, Yanhui ZHAO, Xinlei GUO
  • Publication number: 20240072517
    Abstract: Provided is an elliptical multi-mesa laser structure, including a substrate layer, an N-DBR, a functional layer and a P-DBR sequentially arranged from bottom to top. The substrate layer is fixedly connected with an N contact layer. The N-DBR is fixedly connected to a top of the substrate layer, and the N contact layer is arranged around the N-DBR. A space layer is inserted in the N-DBR. The functional layer is fixedly connected to a top of the N-DBR. The P-DBR is fixedly connected to a top of the functional layer, and a top of the P-DBR is fixedly connected with a P contact layer. Another space layer is inserted into the P-DBR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hui LI, Jian FENG, Chuyu ZHONG, Wei MIAO, Shilong ZHAO, Zhao CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240074282
    Abstract: The present application provides a displaying base plate and a displaying device, which relates to the technical field of displaying. The displaying device can ameliorate the problem of screen greening caused by electrostatic charges, thereby improving the effect of displaying. The displaying base plate includes an active area and a non-active area connected to the active area, the non-active area includes an edge region and a first-dam region, and the first-dam region is located between the active area and the edge region; the displaying base plate further includes: a substrate; an anti-static layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the anti-static layer is located at least within the edge region; and a driving unit and a touch unit that are disposed on the substrate, wherein the driving unit is located within the active area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Zhao, Yong Zhuo, Wei He, Yanxia Xin, Qun Ma, Xiping Li, Jianpeng Liu, Kui Fang, Cheng Tan, Xueping Li, Yihao Wu, Xiaoyun Wang, Haibo Li, Xiaoyan Yang
  • Patent number: 11911422
    Abstract: A Bifidobacterium lactis BL-99 strain capable of enhancing immunity and the use thereof, which belongs to the technical field of microorganisms, is described. The Bifidobacterium lactis BL-99 provided by the present invention is deposited in China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center CGMCC on Apr. 26, 2018 with the deposit number CGMCC No. 15650. The bacteria have gastric acid resistance and intestinal fluid resistance, can significantly promote the growth of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, significantly increase antibody-producing cells and half hemolysis value HC50, activate NK cell activity, and can be used to prepare foods for immunity enhancement. It also has the effects in preventing osteoporosis, increasing blood calcium and/or phosphorus ions, which has a wide range of application prospects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Hsien Liu, Wei-Lian Hung, Ting Sun, Wen Zhao, Ignatius Man-Yau Szeto
  • Patent number: 11911423
    Abstract: A Bifidobacterium lactis BL-99 strain capable of enhancing immunity and the use thereof, which belongs to the technical field of microorganisms, is described. The Bifidobacterium lactis BL-99 provided by the present invention is deposited in China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center CGMCC on Apr. 26, 2018 with the deposit number CGMCC No. 15650. The bacteria have gastric acid resistance and intestinal fluid resistance, can significantly promote the growth of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, significantly increase antibody-producing cells and half hemolysis value HC50, activate NK cell activity, and can be used to prepare foods for immunity enhancement. It also has the effects in preventing osteoporosis, increasing blood calcium and/or phosphorus ions, which has a wide range of application prospects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Hsien Liu, Wei-Lian Hung, Ting Sun, Wen Zhao, Ignatius Man-Yau Szeto
  • Publication number: 20240059899
    Abstract: The composite particles contain alumina particles with a card-house structure formed of three or more plate-like alumina particles that adhere to each other and an inorganic covering portion located on a surface of the plate-like alumina particles and containing a composite metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Meng Li, Takanori Watanabe, Jianjun Yuan, Shaowei Yang, Xuan Li, Wei Zhao, Jian Guo
  • Patent number: 11905370
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a synthesis method of long carbon chain semi-aromatic nylon. The synthesis method comprises the following steps: mixing a wet powdery nylon salt, an antioxidant, a catalyst, a surfactant and pellets, and carrying out a one-step solid state polymerization under dynamic mixing to obtain a powdery nylon; under dynamic mixing, enabling the pellets to promote the stirring and mixing of the material and reducing material adhesion to the wall; the one-step solid state polymerization comprises a pre-solid state polymerization and a post-solid state polymerization; in the pre-solid state polymerization, ensuring the nylon salt and the prepolymer not to be molten; in the post-solid state polymerization, gradually reducing the system pressure to vacuum, and keeping the system pressure in vacuum state for at least 1 hour; the temperature of the post-solid state polymerization is not lower than the termination temperature of the pre-solid state polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Zhengzhou University
    Inventors: Minying Liu, Bingfeng Xue, Peng Fu, Zhe Cui, Xiaomeng Zhang, Wei Zhao, Xinchang Pang, Qingxiang Zhao