Patents by Inventor Wen Shi

Wen Shi 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: 10621763
    Abstract: Computer efficiency improved sketch-effect hatching is provided. A hatching tool generates a bounding area associated with an object, within which a plurality of hatching line segment strokes is generated. The strokes are generated by generating center points on equally or near-equally spaced parallel columns within the bounding area that are vertically-offset from each other by randomly-generated stroke lengths. The center points are then randomly horizontally-offset from the columns according to a calculated deviation. A random angle deviation is derived, and end points of the strokes are calculated based on the new center points, stroke lengths, and angle deviations. The strokes are then enhanced by generating overstrokes. Further, the hatching tool maps the strokes to the object, rotates the strokes by a hatching angle, keystone-corrects the strokes, and clips the strokes to fit within the object's boundary. The strokes are output to provide a hand-sketched hatching effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Wen Shi, Ante Qu
  • Patent number: 10594507
    Abstract: An appliance, communication system, and method thereof for a communicating on a network including an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module, wherein the appliance communication module is configured to receive a message including an embedded interactive element, and sending a return message that relates to the activation of the embedded interactive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Satanek, Wen Shi
  • Patent number: 10540058
    Abstract: A home network can comprise at least one appliance with an appliance interactive display and at least one mobile device with a mobile interactive display. An application on the mobile device or the appliance can be configured to enable a user to create a user interface on the appliance or mobile device interactive displays. The user interface can be cast to the other of the mobile device or the appliance on which it was created and can be interacted with independent of where the user interface was created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Bilancio, Alexander Clayton, Brandon L. Satanek, Wen Shi, James O. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20190305981
    Abstract: An appliance, communication system, and method thereof for a communicating on a network including an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module, wherein the appliance communication module is configured to receive a message including an embedded interactive element, and sending a return message that relates to the activation of the embedded interactive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: BRANDON SATANEK, WEN SHI
  • Patent number: 10403686
    Abstract: The present invention provides a color film substrate and display device. The color film substrate comprises a bottom substrate; a black matrix disposed on the bottom substrate and a plurality of opening areas arranged in matrix at intervals are formed in the black matrix to be sub-pixel areas of the color film substrate; and a first conversion material layer formed within a first sub-pixel area of the sub-pixel areas, wherein the first conversion material layer converts an incident light with a first wavelength into a first emitting light with a second wavelength, and the first wavelength is greater than the second wavelength. The performance and lifetime of a display panel can be improved by this technique solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Wen Shi
  • Patent number: 10361881
    Abstract: An appliance, communication system, and method thereof for a communicating on a network including an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module, wherein the appliance communication module is configured to receive a message including an embedded interactive element, and sending a return message that relates to the activation of the embedded interactive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Satanek, Wen Shi
  • Patent number: 10353228
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing flexible display substrate, comprising: providing a carrier substrate and depositing a layer of soluble polymer on the carrier substrate; fabricating a flexible substrate on the soluble polymer; fabricating a display component on the other surface of the flexible substrate opposite to the soluble polymer and performing a package process; and, peeling off the flexible substrate from the carrier substrate by dissolving the soluble polymer to obtain the flexible display substrate. The method for manufacturing flexible display substrate of the present invention simplifies the manufacture process and avoids damage to the flexible substrate during the peeling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen Shi
  • Patent number: 10333097
    Abstract: An OLED display device includes an assisting conductive layer formed on a bottom surface of an upper substrate in such a way that the assisting conductive layer is in direct contact with and electrically connected to a second electrode that is located on a top surface of a lower substrate so that electrical conduction capability of the second electrode is enhanced and the electrical resistance of the second electrode is reduced to thereby make in-plane voltage homogenous, improve consistency of displaying, and alleviate the issues of non-uniform panel brightness and mura and also help reduce the thickness of the second electrode for saving material of the second electrode and increase light transparency of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhui Li, Wen Shi
  • Patent number: 10333086
    Abstract: A flexible display panel fabrication method and a flexible display panel where the method first subjects a photoresist layer to patterning to form a plurality of mutually spaced photoresist zones, a through hole being formed between every two adjacent ones of the photoresist zones; and then, subjecting the flexible backing plate to cavity formation with the photoresist zones as a mask so as to form a plurality of mutually parallel backing cavities respectively at locations corresponding to the through holes; and then, depositing a metal film and subsequently removing the photoresist zones and portions of the metal layer located thereon to form a plurality of metal patterns embedded in the plurality of mutually parallel backing cavities, each of the metal patterns including a scan line and a plurality of gate electrodes; and then, forming a plurality of TFTs arranged in an array and OLED light emissive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen Shi
  • Patent number: 10297782
    Abstract: An OLED display device includes an assisting conductive layer formed on a bottom surface of an upper substrate in such a way that the assisting conductive layer is in direct contact with and electrically connected to a second electrode that is located on a top surface of a lower substrate so that electrical conduction capability of the second electrode is enhanced and the electrical resistance of the second electrode is reduced to thereby make in-plane voltage homogenous, improve consistency of displaying, and alleviate the issues of non-uniform panel brightness and mura and also help reduce the thickness of the second electrode for saving material of the second electrode and increase light transparency of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhui Li, Wen Shi
  • Publication number: 20190123932
    Abstract: An appliance, communication system, and method thereof for a communicating on a network including an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module, wherein the appliance communication module is configured to receive a message including an embedded interactive element, and sending a return message that relates to the activation of the embedded interactive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: BRANDON SATANEK, WEN SHI
  • Patent number: 10264643
    Abstract: An improved apparatus, system, and method for providing over-current protection for a phase cut dimmer or dimming system are disclosed. The apparatus, system, and method provide fast over-current protection by disabling a drive signal for the phase cut dimmer based on a sensed current exceeding a fast-over-current protection threshold. The apparatus, system, and method also provides slow-over-current protection by disabling the drive signal for the phase cut dimmer based on a time-averaged value of the sensed current exceeding a second threshold. As a result, over-current protection can be provided for a variety of different types of loads coupled to the phase cut dimmer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Wen Shi
  • Publication number: 20190109237
    Abstract: A thin film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes sequentially forming a gate, a first sub-insulation layer on a substrate and a second sub-insulation layer on the gate, and a first sub-active layer on the first sub-insulation layer and a second sub-active layer on the second sub-insulation layer; coating and patterning a photoresist material layer to pattern the first and second sub-active layers to form an active layer pattern; removing a first photoresist layer of the photoresist material layer; using a second photoresist layer of the photoresist material layer as an etch stop structure; and forming a source and a drain respectively at both ends of the active layer pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen SHI
  • Publication number: 20190088723
    Abstract: The present invention provides a color film substrate and display device. The color film substrate comprises a bottom substrate; a black matrix disposed on the bottom substrate and a plurality of opening areas arranged in matrix at intervals are formed in the black matrix to be sub-pixel areas of the color film substrate; and a first conversion material layer formed within a first sub-pixel area of the sub-pixel areas, wherein the first conversion material layer converts an incident light with a first wavelength into a first emitting light with a second wavelength, and the first wavelength is greater than the second wavelength. The performance and lifetime of a display panel can be improved by this technique solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen SHI
  • Publication number: 20190058140
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible display panel fabrication method and a flexible display panel. The method first subjects a photoresist layer to patterning to form a plurality of mutually spaced photoresist zones, wherein a through hole is formed between every two adjacent ones of the photoresist zones; and then, subjecting the flexible backing plate to cavity formation with the photoresist zones as a mask so as to form a plurality of mutually parallel backing cavities respectively at locations corresponding to the through holes; and then, depositing a metal film and subsequently removing the photoresist zones and portions of the metal layer located thereon to form a plurality of metal patterns that are embedded in the plurality of mutually parallel backing cavities, wherein each of the metal patterns comprises a scan line and a plurality of gate electrodes; and then, forming a plurality of TFTs that are arranged in an array and OLED light emissive elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventor: Wen Shi
  • Patent number: 10211420
    Abstract: An OLED display device includes an assisting conductive layer formed on a bottom surface of an upper substrate in such a way that the assisting conductive layer is in direct contact with and electrically connected to a second electrode that is located on a top surface of a lower substrate so that electrical conduction capability of the second electrode is enhanced and the electrical resistance of the second electrode is reduced to thereby make in-plane voltage homogenous, improve consistency of displaying, and alleviate the issues of non-uniform panel brightness and mura and also help reduce the thickness of the second electrode for saving material of the second electrode and increase light transparency of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhui Li, Wen Shi
  • Patent number: 10200209
    Abstract: An appliance, communication system, and method thereof for a communicating on a network including an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module, wherein the appliance communication module is configured to receive a message including an embedded interactive element, and sending a return message that relates to the activation of the embedded interactive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Satanek, Wen Shi
  • Publication number: 20190019844
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an active illuminating display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The light-emitting layer is configured to emit the red light or the green light instead of the blue light. The energy of the red light photons and the green light photons is lower than the energy of the blue light photons. As such, the high molecular organic material in the light-emitting layer may not decay easily and the lifecycle of the active illuminating display panel may be extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen SHI
  • Publication number: 20180269422
    Abstract: An OLED display device includes an assisting conductive layer formed on a bottom surface of an upper substrate in such a way that the assisting conductive layer is in direct contact with and electrically connected to a second electrode that is located on a top surface of a lower substrate so that electrical conduction capability of the second electrode is enhanced and the electrical resistance of the second electrode is reduced to thereby make in-plane voltage homogenous, improve consistency of displaying, and alleviate the issues of non-uniform panel brightness and mura and also help reduce the thickness of the second electrode for saving material of the second electrode and increase light transparency of the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Wenhui Li, Wen Shi
  • Publication number: 20180269424
    Abstract: An OLED display device includes an assisting conductive layer formed on a bottom surface of an upper substrate in such a way that the assisting conductive layer is in direct contact with and electrically connected to a second electrode that is located on a top surface of a lower substrate so that electrical conduction capability of the second electrode is enhanced and the electrical resistance of the second electrode is reduced to thereby make in-plane voltage homogenous, improve consistency of displaying, and alleviate the issues of non-uniform panel brightness and mura and also help reduce the thickness of the second electrode for saving material of the second electrode and increase light transparency of the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Wenhui Li, Wen Shi