Patents by Inventor Wen Cai

Wen Cai 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: 20240355245
    Abstract: A headset, such as an artificial reality headset, includes one or more illuminators that emit light. A controller, such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is coupled to a plurality of illuminators. The controller receives multiple trigger signals and generates pulse signals for activating different illuminators in response to each trigger signal. For example, a controller receives at least two trigger signals that can be used to drive different illuminators having different modalities (e.g., eye tracking, depth sensing, etc.). Each trigger signal can occur at a different time than other trigger signals, or may have a different characteristic (e.g., amplitude, pulse width, frequency, etc.) than other trigger signals. Pulse signals generated by the controller for different illuminators based on different trigger signals can also have different characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Liyao Wu, Wen Cai, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 11502554
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for online foreign object detection for use with wireless charging systems. In an embodiment, an apparatus is provided that comprises a resonant circuit having a foreign object detection (FOD) coil that is energized by an online power transfer coil. The resonant circuit outputs a time-decaying resonate signal that indicates whether or not a foreign object is present. The apparatus also comprises a determination circuit that determines a decay time from the time-decaying resonate signal, and a detector circuit that outputs a detection signal having a first state when the decay time is greater than a threshold value to indicate that a foreign object is not present. The detector circuit also outputs the detection signal having a second state when the decay time is not greater than the threshold value to indicate that a foreign object is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Wen Cai
  • Publication number: 20220133767
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for use in targeting micro RNAs (miRNAs), as well as methods and compositions for use in treating, reducing, inhibiting, or delaying resistance or tolerance to anti-cancer treatment, and methods and compositions for use in treating or preventing cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Frank SLACK, Wen Cai ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11223276
    Abstract: A voltage converter with a high side power switch, having: an off control circuit, having a first input terminal configured to receive an input voltage, a second input terminal configured to receive an output voltage, a third input terminal configured to receive a current representing signal indicative of a current flowing through the high side power switch, a fourth input terminal configured to receive an on-set signal in response to an on operation of the high side power switch, and an output terminal configured to provide an off control signal to indicate an end of an on time period of the high side power switch; wherein the on time period of the high side power switch is regulated by the input voltage, the output voltage and the current representing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Wen Cai
  • Patent number: 11133698
    Abstract: Embodiments of magnetic field transfer circuits and methods for wirelessly charging electrical load herein. In one example, a magnetic field transfer circuit (MFCT) includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is configured to receive a first magnetic flux transmitted from a transmitter and convert the received magnetic flux to a current. The second coil is configured to transmit a second magnetic flux to a receiver based on the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Wen Cai
  • Patent number: 11101845
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that includes a wireless power receiver, a battery charging system coupled to the wireless power receiver and configured to charge a battery using power received from the wireless power receiver and a wireless data communication system coupled to the wireless power receiver and the battery charging system, the wireless data communication system configured to determine a power requirement and to transmit the power requirement using the wireless power receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Semtech Corporation
    Inventors: Ross E. Teggatz, David John Baldwin, Eric Christian Blackall, Feng Hou, Wen Cai, Petru Emanuel Stingu
  • Publication number: 20210234411
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for online foreign object detection for use with wireless charging systems. In an embodiment, an apparatus is provided that comprises a resonant circuit having a foreign object detection (FOD) coil that is energized by an online power transfer coil. The resonant circuit outputs a time-decaying resonate signal that indicates whether or not a foreign object is present. The apparatus also comprises a determination circuit that determines a decay time from the time-decaying resonate signal, and a detector circuit that outputs a detection signal having a first state when the decay time is greater than a threshold value to indicate that a foreign object is not present. The detector circuit also outputs the detection signal having a second state when the decay time is not greater than the threshold value to indicate that a foreign object is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventor: Wen Cai
  • Publication number: 20210075460
    Abstract: A wireless charging receiver that provides power delivered from a transmitter over an wireless path. The receiver includes a rectifier circuit, an LC circuit coupled to the rectifier circuit and the transmitter, a single switch modulation circuit coupled to the rectifier circuit and the LC circuit, an output circuit coupled to the rectifier circuit. The receiver further comprises an in-band controller coupled to the LC circuit and the single switch modulation circuit operational to detect a reflected parameter from incident RF power. A resistance value of the single switch modulation circuit can be set in response to a detected parametric value of the LC circuit. The resistance value can be set to cause the rectifier circuit to generate one of a stable RDCV value, an increased RDCV value, and a decreased RDCV value with respect to a normal PDC value in response to the received RF power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Semtech Corporation
    Inventors: Wen Cai, Feng Hou
  • Publication number: 20210066950
    Abstract: Embodiments of magnetic field transfer circuits and methods for wirelessly charging electrical load herein. In one example, a magnetic field transfer circuit (MFCT) includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is configured to receive a first magnetic flux transmitted from a transmitter and convert the received magnetic flux to a current. The second coil is configured to transmit a second magnetic flux to a receiver based on the current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Wen Cai
  • Publication number: 20210062468
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving arrangement for a construction machine, such as an excavator, comprising a hydraulic pump for powering a working equipment and/or locomotion of the construction machine through a hydraulic circuit, an electric motor for driving the hydraulic pump, and a supporting device for mounting the driving arrangement to the construction machine, the supporting device comprising a plate-like mounting portion with two opposing mounting surfaces, wherein the hydraulic pump is mounted to one of the mounting surfaces and the electric motor is mounted to the other mounting surface, and wherein power of the electric motor is transferable to the hydraulic pump via a mechanical connection means extending across the mounting portion of the supporting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Weilin Wu, Wen Cai
  • Publication number: 20210062458
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving arrangement for a construction machine, such as an excavator, comprising a hydraulic pump for powering a working equipment and/or locomotion of the construction machine through a hydraulic circuit, an electric motor for driving the hydraulic pump, wherein power of the electric motor is transferable to the hydraulic pump via a connection means, a supporting device for mounting the driving arrangement to the construction machine, the supporting device supporting the hydraulic pump and the electric motor, and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the positional relationship between the electric motor and the hydraulic pump to align both component with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Weilin Wu, Wen Cai
  • Publication number: 20210066688
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an energy storage assembly for a construction machine, such as a tracked construction machine, comprising at least a first and a second energy storage device such as a first and a second battery device, the energy storage devices each being configured to power a working equipment and/or locomotion of the construction machine, a rack mountable to the construction machine, the rack being configured to support the first and second energy storage devices, such as vertically above each other, and a first damping device for damping vertical shocks acting on the first energy storage device and a separate second damping device for damping vertical shocks acting on the second energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Weilin Wu, Wen Cai, Wei Lu
  • Patent number: 10892652
    Abstract: A method for controlling power delivery from a transmitter to a receiver, comprising generating a control at a processor to actuate a distance measurement device. Transmitting the control to the distance measurement device. Activating the distance measurement device to measure a distance between a transmitter and a receiver. Transmitting a data packet from the distance measurement device to the processor that contains a plurality of data fields that have a value that represents the distance. Determining whether the distance is less than a predetermined threshold using the processor. Generating an error signal if the distance is less than the predetermined threshold to prevent the transmitter from generating an electromagnetic field that would cause damage to the receiver. Setting a ping signal strength as a function of the distance. Generating an electromagnetic field as a function of the ping signal strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SEMTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen Cai, Francois Ricodeau
  • Patent number: 10778273
    Abstract: A wireless charging receiver that provides power delivered from a transmitter over a wireless path. The receiver includes a rectifier circuit, an LC circuit coupled to the rectifier circuit and the transmitter, a single switch modulation circuit coupled to the rectifier circuit and the LC circuit, an output circuit coupled to the rectifier circuit. The receiver further comprises an in-band controller coupled to the LC circuit and the single switch modulation circuit operational to detect a reflected parameter from incident RF power. A resistance value of the single switch modulation circuit can be set in response to a detected parametric value of the LC circuit. The resistance value can be set to cause the rectifier circuit to generate one of a stable RDCV value, an increased RDCV value, and a decreased RDCV value with respect to a normal PDC value in response to the received RF power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SEMTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen Cai, Feng Hou
  • Publication number: 20200263763
    Abstract: Provided is a drive train for an electric hydraulic construction machine. The drive train comprises a drive system with an electric motor and a flywheel arrangement connected to the system. The drive system further comprises a first output element protruding from the electric motor and a hydraulic pump provided on a side of the electric motor from which the first output element protrudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Wen Cai, Yuanjun Xu, Guanghui Jing, Mianjian Huang
  • Publication number: 20200195064
    Abstract: A method for controlling power delivery from a transmitter to a receiver, comprising generating a control at a processor to actuate a distance measurement device. Transmitting the control to the distance measurement device. Activating the distance measurement device to measure a distance between a transmitter and a receiver. Transmitting a data packet from the distance measurement device to the processor that contains a plurality of data fields that have a value that represents the distance. Determining whether the distance is less than a predetermined threshold using the processor. Generating an error signal if the distance is less than the predetermined threshold to prevent the transmitter from generating an electromagnetic field that would cause damage to the receiver. Setting a ping signal strength as a function of the distance. Generating an electromagnetic field as a function of the ping signal strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Semtech Corporation
    Inventors: Wen Cai, Francois Ricodeau
  • Patent number: 10599013
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed to a floating system capable of facilitating transmitting underwater signals (e.g., images captured underwater) to an abovewater device. The system includes a first housing, a second housing, an antenna, a signal emitter, a signal converter, and a signal interface. The first and second housings collectively form an enclosed space. The antenna is vertically positioned on the top surface of the first main body. The signal emitter and the signal converter are positioned in the enclosed space and coupled to the antenna. The signal interface is positioned on the bottom surface of the second housing and coupled to the converter. A user can connect an underwater camera to the signal interface and transmit images captured underwater to another abovewater device through the floating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: CHENGDU SIOEYE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-cai Xu
  • Publication number: 20190296786
    Abstract: A wireless charging receiver that provides power delivered from a transmitter over an wireless path. The receiver includes a rectifier circuit, an LC circuit coupled to the rectifier circuit and the transmitter, a single switch modulation circuit coupled to the rectifier circuit and the LC circuit, an output circuit coupled to the rectifier circuit. The receiver further comprises an in-band controller coupled to the LC circuit and the single switch modulation circuit operational to detect a reflected parameter from incident RF power. A resistance value of the single switch modulation circuit can be set in response to a detected parametric value of the LC circuit. The resistance value can be set to cause the rectifier circuit to generate one of a stable RDCV value, an increased RDCV value, and a decreased RDCV value with respect to a normal PDC value in response to the received RF power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Semtech Corporation
    Inventors: Wen Cai, Feng Hou
  • Patent number: 10305469
    Abstract: An input/output circuit includes a first switch element, a control voltage providing circuit and a floating voltage providing circuit. The first switch element includes a control terminal, a first path terminal, a second path terminal and a base terminal. The first path terminal receive a first voltage, and the second path terminal receives a second voltage. The control voltage providing circuit provides a control voltage to the control terminal of the first switch element. The floating voltage providing circuit provides the larger between the first voltage and the second voltage to the base terminal of the first switch element, so as to prevent a leakage current from being generated between the first voltage source or the second voltage source and the base terminal of the first switch element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Wen cai Lu
  • Publication number: 20190154679
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for cell and tissue assays and agent delivery are generally described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Inventors: Patrick S. Doyle, Augusto M. Tentori, Maxwell Benjamin Nagarajan, Jae Jung Kim, Wen Cai Zhang, Frank J. Slack