Patents by Inventor Weiming Li

Weiming Li 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: 20250145835
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a textile coating composition comprising a primer bonding to at least one surface of a textile and a polymer brush bonding to the primer. The primer is of general formula (I) and the polymer brush is of general formula (II). A coated textile comprising a textile coated with the textile coating composition and a method of forming the coated textile are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
    Inventors: Kevin Bram GOLOVIN, Sudip Kumar LAHIRI, Zahra AZIMI DIJVEJIN, Weiming LI
  • Publication number: 20250133166
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing call connection in response to user action, the method including receiving a first user action from a user associated with making a call connection, wherein the first user action comprises any of copying at least part of a phone number, pasting at least part of the phone number, or inputting at least part of the phone number. The method also includes determining one or more call recipients based on the first user action. The method also includes establishing one or more silent call connections based on the determined one or more call recipients, wherein each of the one or more silent call connections comprises a call connection with a predetermined parameter so that there are no incoming call indicators on one or more devices associated with the one or more call recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
    Inventors: QingHua CAI, JianWei CHEN, WeiMing LI, Christopher van RENSBURG, Martin ARASTAFAR
  • Patent number: 12264310
    Abstract: The present invention provides an intracellular radiation microdosimetric detection structure and detection method, and relates to the field of radiation microdosimetric detection technologies. The detection structure includes a first semiconductor detector unit, a first pixel array detector, a cellular microfluidic chip, a second pixel array detector, and a second semiconductor detector unit that are sequentially arranged in layers. The cellular microfluidic chip is configured for cell fixation and culture. The first semiconductor detector unit and the second semiconductor detector unit form a charged particle energy information detector combination for detecting deposit energy of charged particles in a semiconductor detector. The first pixel array detector and the second pixel array detector form a charged particle flux and position information detector combination for measuring a flux and an angle of charged particles incident at a position of the cellular microfluidic chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xianghong Jia, Pengzhi He, Chenyao Han, Quanqi Shi, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoyan Gao, Shuai Wang, Shucheng Shi, Weiming Li
  • Publication number: 20250093953
    Abstract: An electronic device may operate a plurality of light sources, where each light source operates according to a light source code of a light source code set, each light source code being unique with respect to each other light source code, capture a glint signal corresponding to light emitted from the plurality of light sources through an event camera, obtain glint information from event data from the event camera, estimate a corneal sphere center position and an eye rotation center position based on the glint information, and determine three-dimensional (3D) gaze-related information based on the corneal sphere center position and the eye rotation center position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiming LI, SoonYong CHO, Lin MA, Chaoqun ZHUANG, Jingrui SONG, Qiang WANG, Young Hun SUNG
  • Publication number: 20250078309
    Abstract: An electronic device for estimating object information and generating a virtual object and a method of operating the electronic device are disclosed. The method includes obtaining an image, obtaining a class feature, a pose feature, and a relationship feature of an object included in the image, correcting each of the class feature, the pose feature, and the relationship feature using any combination of any two or more of the class feature, the pose feature, and the relationship feature of the object, and obtaining class information, pose information, and relationship information of the object based on the corrected class feature, the corrected pose feature, and the corrected relationship feature, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao ZHANG, Weiming LI, Qiang WANG, Sunghoon HONG, Wooshik KIM
  • Patent number: 12217518
    Abstract: A method with object detection includes obtaining a first point cloud feature based on point cloud data of an image and determining at least one object in the image based on the first point cloud feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Jiyeon Kim, Qiang Wang, Hyun Sung Chang, Sunghoon Hong, Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12192412
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing call connection in response to user action, the method including receiving a first user action from a user associated with making a call connection, wherein the first user action comprises any of copying at least part of a phone number, pasting at least part of the phone number, or inputting at least part of the phone number. The method also includes determining one or more call recipients based on the first user action. The method also includes establishing one or more silent call connections based on the determined one or more call recipients, wherein each of the one or more silent call connections comprises a call connection with a predetermined parameter so that there are no incoming call indicators on one or more devices associated with the one or more call recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
    Inventors: QingHua Cai, JianWei Chen, WeiMing Li, Christopher van Rensburg, Martin Arastafar
  • Patent number: 12175698
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method with object pose estimation includes: determining an image feature corresponding to a point cloud of an input image; determining semantic segmentation information, instance mask information, and keypoint information of an object, based on the image feature; and estimating a pose of the object based on the semantic segmentation information, the instance mask information, and the keypoint information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Jiyeon Kim, Hyun Sung Chang, Qiang Wang, Sunghoon Hong, Yang Liu, Hao Wang, Yueying Kao
  • Patent number: 12175696
    Abstract: An electronic device for estimating object information and generating a virtual object and a method of operating the electronic device are disclosed. The method includes obtaining an image, obtaining a class feature, a pose feature, and a relationship feature of an object included in the image, correcting each of the class feature, the pose feature, and the relationship feature using any combination of any two or more of the class feature, the pose feature, and the relationship feature of the object, and obtaining class information, pose information, and relationship information of the object based on the corrected class feature, the corrected pose feature, and the corrected relationship feature, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Weiming Li, Qiang Wang, Sunghoon Hong, Wooshik Kim
  • Patent number: 12158277
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a machine body including a case. The case includes an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air duct communicating the air inlet and the air outlet. The dehumidifier further includes an axial flow fan arranged in the air duct. An air outlet direction of the axial flow fan is configured to face the air outlet. The dehumidifier also includes a compressor arranged inside the case and side by side with the axial flow fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Zhigang Xing
  • Publication number: 20240392438
    Abstract: Provided is substrate treating apparatus and method. Apparatus has thermal ALD processing unit and PECVD processing unit integrated. Thermal ALD processing unit comprises carrier gas source, first pipelines, second pipelines, source bottle, oxidation source, first fluid valves, second fluid valves and apparatus cavity; apparatus cavity accommodates substrate, serves as reaction place for substrate; first pipelines and second pipelines are transmitting carrier gas to cavity; carrier gas source provides carrier gas: oxidation source provides oxidizing agent; source bottle accommodates chemical source; when introduced into source bottle, carrier gas carries chemical source into apparatus; first fluid valves controls chemical source to flow or not through first pipelines; second fluid valves controls oxidizing agent to flow or not through second pipelines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Jiangsu Leadmicro Nano-Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinyuan WU, Baochen LIAO, Xiang LI, Weiming LI, Peng ZHANG, Yunsong WANG
  • Patent number: 12148182
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, an electronic device for estimating a pose of an object include determining a confidence of a depth image of an object based on a color image and the depth image of the object, estimating a pose of the object based on a three-dimensional (3D) keypoint in response to the depth image being reliable, and estimating the pose of the object based on a two-dimensional (2D) keypoint in response to the depth image being unreliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Jiyeon Kim, Yang Liu, Yueying Kao, Hao Wang, Hyun Sung Chang, Qiang Wang, Sunghoon Hong, Weiming Li
  • Patent number: 12135141
    Abstract: A dehumidifier system is provided. The dehumidifier system may include a condensate tank and a dehumidifier. The dehumidifier may be positionable between at least one deployed position and at least one stowed position relative to the condensate tank. The condensate tank and the dehumidifier may telescope relative to each other. The dehumidifier system, or portions thereof, may include one or more stacking structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Zhigang Xing, Zachary Chapin
  • Publication number: 20240362818
    Abstract: A method of determining a pose of a target object in a query image may include: obtaining a query image; obtaining a plurality of reference images corresponding to the query image; and determining a pose of a target object based on a first semantic feature corresponding to the query image and a second semantic feature corresponding to each of the plurality of reference images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingrui SONG, Weiming LI, Qiang WANG, Soonyong CHO, Xiaoxuan YU, SUNG YOUNG HUN
  • Publication number: 20240361013
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a water tank, a body having a working state, including a drainage position, and configured to extend out relative to the water tank in the working state, a drainage pump having a water inlet end communicated with the water tank and a water outlet end communicated with the drainage position, a joint assembly provided at a housing of the body with one end communicated with the water inlet end of the drainage pump, and an avoidance recess provided at an outer side surface of the housing and extending to a bottom of the body. The joint assembly is provided at and penetrates a bottom of the avoidance recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Weiming LI
  • Publication number: 20240362894
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method with image processing includes obtaining point cloud data of a target scene, generating a feature map of the point cloud data by extracting a feature from the point cloud data, for each of a plurality of objects included in the target scene, generating a feature vector indicating the object in the target scene based on the feature map, and reconstructing a panorama of the target scene based on the feature vectors of the objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoxuan YU, Weiming LI, Hao WANG, Jingrui SONG, Qiang WANG, SoonYong CHO, Young Hun SUNG
  • Patent number: 12111672
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a housing, a water tank mounted in the housing, a detection device, and a controller electrically coupled to the detection device. The detection device includes a detector arranged at the housing and a signal trigger arranged in the water tank. The signal trigger is configured to move to a detection area of the detector in response to a water level in the water tank being higher than a preset position, and move out of the detection area of the detector in response to the water level in the water tank being lower than the preset position. The controller is configured to control a pump to stop pumping water in response to the signal trigger being located outside the detection area of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Zhiming Zhang
  • Patent number: 12104806
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a housing having a mounting groove, a water tank detachably inserted in the mounting groove and including an abutment member, a pump assembly including a water pump and a water pump inlet pipe, a water tank outlet pipe, and a micro switch installed at the housing. A first end of the water pump inlet pipe is connected to the water pump. A first end of the water tank outlet pipe is detachably connected to a second end of the water pump inlet pipe. A second end of the water tank outlet pipe is located in the water tank. When the water tank is installed in place, the micro switch is pressed by the abutment member to connect the water pump to a power supply, and the water pump inlet pipe is communicated with the water tank outlet pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Zhiming Zhang
  • Patent number: 12104822
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a machine body. The machine body includes a case including an air inlet and an air outlet, a condenser provided in the case, an evaporator provided in the case, an axial flow fan vertically provided in the case and side by side with the condenser and the evaporator, and a water receiving tray below the condenser, the evaporator, and the axial flow fan. The water receiving tray is configured to divide the case into an axial flow air duct and a mounting cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Zhigang Xing
  • Patent number: D1046102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Inventor: Weiming Li