Patents by Inventor Weidong An

Weidong An 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: 11924832
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for performing sidelink communication. An example method generates SCI stage 1 and stage 2 for transmitting a transport block (TB) to a user equipment device (UE). The method includes determining the type of sidelink communication for transmitting the TB. An SCI stage 2 format is selected based on the type of sidelink communication. An SCI stage 2 payload is encoded in accordance with the selected SCI stage 2 format. The selected SCI stage 2 format value is encoded in an SCI stage 1 payload. The SCI stage 1 payload and SCI stage 2 payload are transmitted to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang, Oghenekome Oteri, Weidong Yang, Hong He, Haitong Sun, Yang Tang, Jie Cui, Yuchul Kim, Dawei Zhang, Jia Tang
  • Publication number: 20240072939
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable storage media for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook handling. In example embodiments, a method is provided. The method comprises determining, at a terminal device, respective hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback configurations of a plurality of HARQ processes, wherein each HARQ feedback configuration indicates whether HARQ feedback is enabled or disabled for a corresponding HARQ process; and generating a HARQ-ACK codebook for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) based on the HARQ feedback configurations of the plurality of HARQ processes; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK codebook to a network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Huaning NIU, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG, Hong HE, Sigen YE, Chunhai YAO, Oghenekome OTERI, Haitong SUN
  • Publication number: 20240072862
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to uplink transmission with repetitions. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a user equipment (UE) comprises a transceiver configured to communicate with a network; and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations. The operations comprise determining first Channel State Information (CSI) and second CSI based on at least one of a previous channel and interference measurement or a latest channel and interference measurement. The operations further comprise transmitting the first CSI via the transceiver to the network with a first beam, the first CSI multiplexed with a first repetition of an uplink transmission with the first beam. The operations further comprise transmitting the second CSI via the transceiver to the network with a second beam, the second CSI multiplexed with a second repetition of the uplink transmission with the second beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yushu ZHANG, Chunhai YAO, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Jie CUI, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Qiming LI, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Sigen YE, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG
  • Publication number: 20240073918
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to downlink data reception operation. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a baseband processor of a user equipment (UE) is configured to perform operations comprising receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI) through more than one beams from at least one from at least one TRP; determining a DCI transmission scheme for the received DCI, wherein the DCI transmission scheme is configured by an upper layer signaling, and wherein the DCI transmission scheme is one of a Single Frequency Network (SFN) scheme, a non-SFN scheme, and a hybrid scheme, wherein the DCI is transmitted using both SFN scheme and non-SFH scheme in the hybrid scheme; determining whether the received DCI indicates a Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) for PDSCH reception from the at least one TRP or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yushu ZHANG, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Oghenekome OTERI, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG
  • Publication number: 20240072472
    Abstract: A connector comprises an insulation housing, a shielding shell, an inner sheath, and an outer sheath. The shielding shell is sheathed on the insulation housing. The inner sheath is formed on the shielding shell by injection molding. The inner sheath includes a front end wrapped on the shielding shell and a retaining portion formed on the front end of the inner sheath and spaced from the shielding shell to form a gap therebetween. The outer sheath is formed on the shielding shell and the inner sheath by injection molding. The outer sheath includes an engaging portion embedded in the gap between the retaining portion and the shielding shell. The retaining portion holds the engaging portion on the shielding shell to prevent the formation of a gap between the front end of the outer sheath and the shielding shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: SIBAS Electronics (Xiamen) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daokuan (Jeremy) Zhang, Weidong (Randy) Huang, Yong (Chris) Wang, Hua He, Xinzheng (Tony) Fan, Jianfei (Fencer) Yu
  • Publication number: 20240072973
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide adaptive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring. In particular, a unified signaling technique for adaptive PDCCH search space monitoring is descried. This signaling can indicate either one or a combination of the switching and skipping. In an example, the signaling includes multiple parts. In a first part, radio resource control (RRC) signaling is sent from the network to the device to configure the device for switching only, skipping only, or switching and skipping. In a second part, first DCI is sent from the network to the device to indicate the particular PDCCH monitoring configuration to use for the PDCCH search space monitoring. Thereafter, network sends second DCI in the relevant PDCCH search space, where this second DCI schedules traffic. The device performs blind decoding to determine the second DCI in order to exchange the traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Hongbo Yan, Dawei Zhang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Weidong Yang, Wei Zeng, Hong He, Haitong Sun
  • Publication number: 20240073905
    Abstract: A base station configures a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for a user equipment (UE) operating in a frequency band above 52.6 GHz. The base station allocates a predetermined number of resource blocks (RBs) for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, wherein the predetermined number of RBs is greater than one RB, transmits a PUCCH configuration including the predetermined number of RBs to the UE and receives a PUCCH transmission based on the PUCCH configuration and including a data sequence and a DMRS sequence, wherein the PUCCH configuration results in a multiplexing of a plurality of UEs based on a plurality of demodulated reference signal (DMRS) sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Chunhai YAO, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Oghenekome OTERI, Sigen YE, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG, Yushu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240073813
    Abstract: A user equipment is configured to receive a reference signal when secondary cell (SCell is to be activated. The UE receives a secondary cell (SCell) activation indication for activating an SCell, receives a reference signal (RS) triggering indication for triggering an RS prior to an expected SCell activation period, performs measurements on the triggered RS and activates the SCell based on the RS measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Chunhai YAO, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Jie CUI, Oghenekome OTERI, Sigen YE, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG, Yang TANG, Yushu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240072869
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to configured to use multiple beams for transmission or reception. The UE receives, from a base station, at least one medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) that indicates multiple activated transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, receives, from the base station, at least one downlink control information (DCI) indicating a subset of TCI states of the multiple activated TCI states, wherein the MAC CE and the DCI are part of a TCI configuration, and wherein the subset of TCI states corresponds to multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) of a wireless network, maps the subset of TCI states to the corresponding multiple TRPs based on the TCI configuration and selects a beam used for transmission or reception based on one mapped TCI state of the mapped subset of TCI states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yushu ZHANG, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Oghenekome OTERI, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG
  • Publication number: 20240073873
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for multi-slot transmission of a transport block (TB). In example embodiments, a user device determines a transport block size (TBS) based on a plurality of slots. The user device transmits a TB with the TBS over the plurality of slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Chunhai YAO, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Oghenekome OTERI, Huaning NIU, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Wei ZENG, Yushu ZHANG, Weidong YANG
  • Patent number: 11916162
    Abstract: A unipolar-doped light emitting diode or laser diode is described. The diode includes a bottom region having an n-type layer, a top region having an n-type layer, and a middle region between the top and bottom regions having at least one material different from the top or bottom region forming two or more heterojunctions. The top and bottom regions create light emission by interband tunneling-induced photon emission. Systems including the unipolar-doped diode including LIDAR are also taught.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wright State University
    Inventors: Elliott R. Brown, Weidong Zhang, Tyler Growden, Paul Berger
  • Patent number: 11912712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic compound, an organic electroluminescent material, and an organic electroluminescent element. The structural formula of the compound is shown in formula (I). When the organic compound of the present invention is used for preparing an organic electroluminescent element, the electron mobility, thermal stability, and luminescent characteristics are excellent; and the organic compound can be applied to an organic layer of the organic electroluminescent element. The organic compound of the present invention has a relatively good film-forming property; and when same is applied to an electron transport layer and an electron transport auxiliary layer, an organic electroluminescent element, which has a lower driving voltage, a higher light emission efficiency, and a longer service life than existing electron transport materials, can be manufactured, and thus, a full-color display panel with having improved performance and a prolonged service life can be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BAYI SPACE LIQUID CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Jianhua Cao, Weidong Jiang, Youwen Cheng, Chenghui Li, Jia Zhao, Qingyi Wang, Meiyan Wang, Jianbo Sun
  • Patent number: 11917652
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide SCell activation. In one example, a UE may support carrier aggregation in a high speed mode, such FR1 CA in HST. Serving cells can be particularly configured for the carrier aggregation based on the UE's capability to support carrier aggregation in the high speed mode. Additionally or alternatively, an SCell activation procedure can be performed based on this capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Huaning Niu, Hong He, Weidong Yang, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11912336
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rear sub-frame assembly, applied to an electric vehicle main body, and rear sub-frame assembly comprises a rear sub-frame main body and positioning supports, rear sub-frame main body is bilateral symmetry structure; vehicle body connecting parts connected with rear sub-frame main body on upper portion of rear sub-frame main body, and battery pack guard plate connecting parts connected with rear sub-frame main body on lower portion of rear sub-frame main body are constructed on rear sub-frame main body, stabilizing rod mounting parts, upper control arm mounting parts and lower control arm mounting parts are further arranged on rear sub-frame main body respectively; the quantity of positioning supports respectively arranged close to left end and right end of rear sub-frame main body is two, and positioning parts matched with external positioning members to position rear sub-frame main body are constructed on two positioning supports respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GREAT WALL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Ming Chi, Weidong Ding, Yanmeng Song, Yonghui Song, Zhichao Chen, Changjian Cai
  • Patent number: 11917424
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for signaling a quasi-colocation (QCL) update in a wireless communication system. A network or base station may indicate to a UE to change a spatial relationship for transmission/reception. The base station may provide aperiodic reference signals for the UE to use in beam tracking according to the new spatial relationship. Optionally, the base station may also provide aperiodic reference signals for time, frequency, and/or phase tracking. Thus, the network may configure the UE to change to the new spatial relationship and use the aperiodic reference signals to quickly complete initial tracking operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
  • Patent number: 11914179
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a radiative cooling optical filter, comprising a substrate. One side of the substrate is polished, and the rough side of the substrate is provided with a metal reflective layer. The polished side of the substrate is subsequently provided with the intermediate layers and a top layer. The intermediate layer comprises alternatingly arranged layers A and layers B. The thickness of each layer A and layer B is 50-400 nm. The material of the layer A is silicon dioxide or aluminum oxide, and the material of the layer B is titanium dioxide, silicon nitride or silicon carbide. The material of the top layer is ytterbium fluoride, yttrium fluoride or zinc sulfide. The intermediate layer and the top layer jointly constitute a multi-resonant absorption enhancer in the atmospheric transparent window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weidong Shen, Huaxin Yuan, Chenying Yang, Xiaowen Zheng, Wen Mu, Zhen Wang, Wenjia Yuan, Yueguang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240064760
    Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE). The UE obtains a first control information from a network device. The first control information indicates a plurality of search space sets including a first search space set and a second search space set. The first search space set and the second search space set are linked. The first search space set includes a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate for the first search space set and the second search space set includes a first PDCCH candidate for the second search space set. The first PDCCH candidate for the first search space set and the first PDCCH candidate for the second search space set are linked. The UE monitors PDCCH candidates based on the first control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang, Hong He, Weidong Yang, Oghenekome Oteri, Chunhai Yao
  • Publication number: 20240063627
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of switches connected in parallel between an input terminal and an output terminal of a power bus, a plurality of current sensing circuits coupled to the plurality of switches, wherein each current sensing circuit is coupled to a corresponding switch, and a plurality of current sharing circuits configured to receive current sensing signals from the plurality of current sensing circuits and generate a plurality of gate drive signals to control the plurality of switches so as to achieve a predetermined current distribution among the plurality of switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Wenkai Wu, Yingqian Ma, Cheng-Wei Chen, Weidong Zhu, Qian Chen
  • Publication number: 20240058558
    Abstract: Provided are a ventilation sound-diminishing apparatus and a ventilation therapy device. The apparatus comprises a sound-diminishing housing having a gas flow channel with flow channel side walls. A first flow channel side wall and a second flow channel side wall are arranged opposite to each other in a first direction. A plurality of first scattering bodies and a plurality of second scattering bodies are each arranged at intervals in a plurality of rows and columns provided on the inner surface of the side wall of the first flow channel and second flow channel, respectively. A predetermined distance is maintained between the first and second scattering bodies in the first direction. A specific frequency in a certain interval of sound wave is attenuated due to oscillation in the array structure, reducing the intensity of that frequency interval, reducing low-frequency noise in an intended elimination frequency band, and enhancing comfort of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: BMC MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weidong BI, Pinghu YI, Zhi ZHUANG, Jianxin ZHI
  • Publication number: 20240063855
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for port selection codebook configuration. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication of parameter settings of a port selection codebook. The port selection codebook includes a port selection matrix W1, a combinational coefficient matrix W2, and a frequency basis selection matrix Wf. Based at least in part on the parameter settings, the UE selects L CSI-RS ports, Mv frequency basis from a window of N consecutive frequency basis; and up to beta*L*Mv entries per layer, where beta is a percentage of the L*Mv entries per layer. The UE reports one or more of the port selection matrix W1, the up to beta*L*Mv entries in the combinational coefficient matrix W2 per layer, and the frequency basis selection matrix Wf to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang