Patents by Inventor Weiping Dou

Weiping Dou 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: 20260016856
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are implementations of systems and methods for providing antenna in package flexible components of wearable devices. A system can include a flexible component having a back plane layer disposed along a length of the flexible component. The system can include an antenna package having an insulating layer comprising a dielectric material disposed above the back plane layer and a circuitry layer disposed above at least a portion of the insulating layer and comprising one or more electrical components for processing antenna signals. The antenna package can include an antenna layer comprising an antenna pattern disposed above the circuitry layer and configured for wireless communication of the antenna signals using the wearable device. The back plane layer can be disposed between antenna layer and a surface of the flexible component configured to interface with a user wearing the wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Weiping DOU, Benjamin COOK, Jiang ZHU, James Andrew HAMMER, Jedd PERRY, Gabriel Michael Rask GASSOWAY, Justin LIND, Qiuming LI, Geng YE
  • Publication number: 20250386439
    Abstract: A wearable device of the subject technology includes a flexible printed circuit (FPC) including an elastomer material, and one or more dopants included in the elastomer material to be activated in response to being irradiated by light to cause formation of a first metallic seed on an exterior surface of the elastomer material. The first metallic seed layer is configured to be electroless plated to connect one or more electrical circuits to form one or more electrical circuits or antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Wilkerson, Simon Jacobs, Zhenzhen Shen, Jitkanya Wong, Katherine Coles, Weiping Dou, Jiang Zhu, Eduardo Valarezo, Benjamin Cook
  • Patent number: 12316394
    Abstract: A wireless device can perform non-line-of-sight detection. The wireless device may establish a wireless link with another wireless device using a wireless channel. The wireless device may perform one or more channel measurements for the wireless channel. The wireless device may determine whether a line-of-sight path is available for the wireless channel based at least in part on the one or more channel measurements. The wireless device may determine whether to trigger beamforming selection, antenna selection, and/or any other link maintenance operations based at least in part on the determined line-of-sight availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ioannis Pefkianakis, Weiping Dou, David B. Cheung, Ye Sun, Faraz Faheem
  • Publication number: 20250047340
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an indication to transmit a first set of signals using a first standard (e.g., Long Term Evolution) via a first set of antennas of a radio frequency device and a second set of signals using a second standard (e.g., New Radio) via a second set of antennas. The method also includes transmitting the first set of signals via the first set of antennas using a first power based on positions of the first set and second set of antennas, exposure conditions of the first set and the second set of signals on a user, and/or priorities of the first and the second set of signals. Moreover, the method includes transmitting the second set of signals via the second set of antennas using a second power based on the positions of the antennas, the exposure conditions of the signals on the user, and/or priorities of the signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Anthony Wang, Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav, Hailong Yang, Eric Conor Merkley, Indranil S. Sen, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Pengkai Zhao, Prashant H. Vashi, Rajesh Ambati, Wen Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240419321
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing various portions of contextual information based on at least one touch input from a touch-based sensor on a mobile electronic device. The method may next include determining, based on the contextual information, which of different operational antenna parameters associated with at least one antenna of the mobile electronic device are to be changed. The method may then include changing the specified operational parameters associated with the antenna on the mobile electronic device according to the determination. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Ulf Jan-Ove Mattsson, Yonghua Wei, Chilin Hsu, Geng Ye, Jiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 12143179
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an indication to transmit a first set of signals using a first standard (e.g., Long Term Evolution) via a first set of antennas of a radio frequency device and a second set of signals using a second standard (e.g., New Radio) via a second set of antennas. The method also includes transmitting the first set of signals via the first set of antennas using a first power based on positions of the first set and second set of antennas, exposure conditions of the first set and the second set of signals on a user, and/or priorities of the first and the second set of signals. Moreover, the method includes transmitting the second set of signals via the second set of antennas using a second power based on the positions of the antennas, the exposure conditions of the signals on the user, and/or priorities of the signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Anthony Wang, Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav, Eric Conor Merkley, Hailong Yang, Indranil S. Sen, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Pengkai Zhao, Prashant H. Vashi, Rajesh Ambati, Wen Zhao
  • Patent number: 12093522
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing various portions of contextual information based on at least one touch input from a touch-based sensor on a mobile electronic device. The method may next include determining, based on the contextual information, which of different operational antenna parameters associated with at least one antenna of the mobile electronic device are to be changed. The method may then include changing the specified operational parameters associated with the antenna on the mobile electronic device according to the determination. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Ulf Jan Ove Mattsson, Yonghua Wei, Chilin Hsu, Geng Ye, Jiang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240232494
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing various antenna elements and identifying parameters for an antenna that is to be formed using the accessed antenna elements. The method may also include assembling the antenna elements, using an artificial intelligence (AI) instance, into an assembled antenna that at least partially complies with the identified parameters. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Jiang Zhu, Yuandong Tian, Andrew Cohen, Ulf Jan-Ove Mattsson, Peter Eli Renner, Yang Zhong, Xiaomeng Yang, Geng Ye
  • Publication number: 20240211676
    Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) receiving (A) a set of design specifications associated with an antenna performance characteristic, (B) a set of requirements for an antenna architecture, (C) a parameterization that describes parameters of an antenna structure, and (D) a set of bounds for the parameterization, and (2) determining, based on the set of design specifications, the set of requirements, the parameterization, and the set of bounds, and in accordance with a global optimization algorithm and a local tuning algorithm, a design for the antenna architecture. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Ulf Jan Ove Mattsson, Peter Eli Renner, Jiang Zhu, Geng Ye, Yuandong Tian, Andrew Cohen, Beidi Chen
  • Publication number: 20240211660
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include generating, using a machine-learning model of a computing device, a set of antenna designs. The method may also include tokenizing, by the computing device, each antenna design in the generated set of antenna designs. Additionally, the method may include predicting, by the machine-learning model of the computing device, a frequency response for each tokenized antenna design. Furthermore, the method may include comparing, by the computing device, the frequency response for each tokenized antenna design. Finally, the method may include selecting, by the computing device based on the comparison, an antenna design that meets a performance threshold for the frequency response. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Yuandong Tian, Andrew Cohen, Jiang Zhu, Geng Ye, Ulf Jan Ove Mattsson, Peter Eli Renner, Beidi Chen, Xiaomeng Yang, Kevin Stone, Slawomir Marcin Koziel
  • Publication number: 20240204813
    Abstract: A system comprising (1) a tuner configured to tune a radio and (2) a controller communicatively coupled to the tuner, wherein the controller is configured to (1) select a tuner code to apply to the tuner based at least in part on telemetry data indicative of a certain use-case scenario and (2) cause the tuner to tune the radio by applying the tuner code to achieve a certain state of the radio. Various other apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Nivethitha Jayaraj, Weiping Dou, Ping Wang, Jiang Zhu, Achaleshwar Sahai, Joung Sub Shin, De Hui Huang, Jibu Joseph, Jie Song
  • Publication number: 20240135081
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing various antenna elements and identifying parameters for an antenna that is to be formed using the accessed antenna elements. The method may also include assembling the antenna elements, using an artificial intelligence (AI) instance, into an assembled antenna that at least partially complies with the identified parameters. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Jiang Zhu, Yuandong Tian, Andrew Cohen, Ulf Jan-Ove Mattsson, Peter Eli Renner, Yang Zhong, Xiaomeng Yang, Geng Ye
  • Publication number: 20240094894
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing various portions of contextual information based on at least one touch input from a touch-based sensor on a mobile electronic device. The method may next include determining, based on the contextual information, which of different operational antenna parameters associated with at least one antenna of the mobile electronic device are to be changed. The method may then include changing the specified operational parameters associated with the antenna on the mobile electronic device according to the determination. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Ulf Jan Ove Mattsson, Yonghua Wei, Chilin Hsu, Geng Ye, Jiang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230412291
    Abstract: A wireless device can perform non-line-of-sight detection. The wireless device may establish a wireless link with another wireless device using a wireless channel. The wireless device may perform one or more channel measurements for the wireless channel. The wireless device may determine whether a line-of-sight path is available for the wireless channel based at least in part on the one or more channel measurements. The wireless device may determine whether to trigger beamforming selection, antenna selection, and/or any other link maintenance operations based at least in part on the determined line-of-sight availability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ioannis Pefkianakis, Weiping Dou, David B. Cheung, Ye Sun, Faraz Faheem
  • Patent number: 11770198
    Abstract: A wireless device can perform non-line-of-sight detection. The wireless device may establish a wireless link with another wireless device using a wireless channel. The wireless device may perform one or more channel measurements for the wireless channel. The wireless device may determine whether a line-of-sight path is available for the wireless channel based at least in part on the one or more channel measurements. The wireless device may determine whether to trigger beamforming selection, antenna selection, and/or any other link maintenance operations based at least in part on the determined line-of-sight availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ioannis Pefkianakis, Weiping Dou, David B. Cheung, Ye Sun, Faraz Faheem
  • Publication number: 20220407573
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an indication to transmit a first set of signals using a first standard (e.g., Long Term Evolution) via a first set of antennas of a radio frequency device and a second set of signals using a second standard (e.g., New Radio) via a second set of antennas. The method also includes transmitting the first set of signals via the first set of antennas using a first power based on positions of the first set and second set of antennas, exposure conditions of the first set and the second set of signals on a user, and/or priorities of the first and the second set of signals. Moreover, the method includes transmitting the second set of signals via the second set of antennas using a second power based on the positions of the antennas, the exposure conditions of the signals on the user, and/or priorities of the signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Anthony Wang, Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav, Eric Conor Merkley, Hailong Yang, Indranil S. Sen, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Pengkai Zhao, Prashant H. Vashi, Rajesh Ambati, Wen Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210075526
    Abstract: A wireless device can perform non-line-of-sight detection. The wireless device may establish a wireless link with another wireless device using a wireless channel. The wireless device may perform one or more channel measurements for the wireless channel. The wireless device may determine whether a line-of-sight path is available for the wireless channel based at least in part on the one or more channel measurements. The wireless device may determine whether to trigger beamforming selection, antenna selection, and/or any other link maintenance operations based at least in part on the determined line-of-sight availability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ioannis Pefkianakis, Weiping Dou, David B. Cheung, Ye Sun, Faraz Faheem
  • Patent number: 10334654
    Abstract: A wireless communication system is presented for multiple wireless technology coexistence in a mobile device. A method according to this application might include obtaining one or more transmit allocation parameters for a wireless transmission via a first radio technology at a first wireless processor and the preparing to receive wireless data via a second radio technology at a second wireless processor. Next, the exemplary method might request that the wireless transmission be deferred, followed by deciding whether to grant the deferral request based at least on the one or more transmit allocation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Burchill, Wen Zhao, Huanyu Chen, Zhaojun Cheng, Weiping Dou
  • Publication number: 20180279398
    Abstract: A wireless communication system is presented for multiple wireless technology coexistence in a mobile device. A method according to this application might include obtaining one or more transmit allocation parameters for a wireless transmission via a first radio technology at a first wireless processor and the preparing to receive wireless data via a second radio technology at a second wireless processor. Next, the exemplary method might request that the wireless transmission be deferred, followed by deciding whether to grant the deferral request based at least on the one or more transmit allocation parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: William S. Burchill, Wen Zhao, Huanyu Chen, Zhaojun Cheng, Weiping Dou
  • Patent number: 9930714
    Abstract: A wireless communication system is presented for multiple wireless technology coexistence in a mobile device. A method according to this application might include obtaining one or more transmit allocation parameters for a wireless transmission via a first radio technology at a first wireless processor and the preparing to receive wireless data via a second radio technology at a second wireless processor. Next, the exemplary method might request that the wireless transmission be deferred, followed by deciding whether to grant the deferral request based at least on the one or more transmit allocation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Burchill, Wen Zhao, Huanyu Chen, Zhaojun Cheng, Weiping Dou