Patents by Inventor Wen Song

Wen Song 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: 20250041866
    Abstract: A sensor for detecting a target analyte in a sample includes a pair of conducting electrodes that are separated by a gap. An insulator is disposed in the gap between the electrodes. Plural wells are defined by one of the electrodes and the insulator, to expose the other of the electrodes. The wells are configured to receive a sample including a target analyte. The target analyte, when present in the sample received in the wells, modulates an impedance between the electrodes. The modulated impedance, which is measurable with an applied electrical voltage, is indicative of the concentration of the target analyte in the sample. The wells can include antibodies immobilized inside the wells, to bind the target analyte, which can be a cytokine. Also provided are a method for label-free sensing of a target analyte in a sample, and a transcutaneous impedance sensor for label-free, in-situ biomarker detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Pengfei Xie, Mehdi Javanmard, Mark George Allen, Wen Shen, Naixin Song
  • Publication number: 20250046906
    Abstract: A battery self-heating device, comprising: a bridge arm converter, an energy storage element, an inductor and a controller. The controller is configured to control, in a preset state, the connection and disconnection of the bridge arm converter, such that a first power battery and a second power battery are respectively charged/discharged by means of the inductor, and each form a freewheeling circuit by means of the energy storage element, so as to realize the continuous heating of the first power battery and the second power battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yubo LIAN, Heping LING, Lei YAN, Gan SONG, Wen GAO
  • Patent number: 12204163
    Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Chih-Wei Weng, Chia-Che Wu, Chien-Yu Kao, Hsiao-Hsin Hu, He-Ling Chang, Chao-Hsi Wang, Chen-Hsien Fan, Che-Wei Chang, Mao-Gen Jian, Sung-Mao Tsai, Wei-Jhe Shen, Yung-Ping Yang, Sin-Hong Lin, Tzu-Yu Chang, Sin-Jhong Song, Shang-Yu Hsu, Meng-Ting Lin, Shih-Wei Hung, Yu-Huai Liao, Mao-Kuo Hsu, Hsueh-Ju Lu, Ching-Chieh Huang, Chih-Wen Chiang, Yu-Chiao Lo, Ying-Jen Wang, Shu-Shan Chen, Che-Hsiang Chiu
  • Publication number: 20240304531
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a die, a redistribution layer (RDL) structure including a first polymer layer, a second polymer layer and a UBM layer. The die is encapsulated by an encapsulant. The RDL structure is disposed over the encapsulant. The second polymer layer is disposed on the first polymer layer, wherein a transmittance of the second polymer layer is smaller than a transmittance of the first polymer layer. The UBM layer is disposed over and electrically connected to the RDL structure, wherein the UBM layer is disposed in the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: RUI-WEN SONG, Po-Yuan Teng, Hao-Yi Tsai, Chia-Hung Liu, Shih-Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20240251536
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorber including a substrate and a plurality of magnetic material bodies is provided. The plurality of magnetic material bodies are disposed on the substrate in an array, so that the electromagnetic wave absorber has a plurality of electromagnetic wave absorption frequencies in addition to an electromagnetic wave characteristic frequency of the plurality of magnetic material bodies. A ratio of one of the plurality of electromagnetic wave absorption frequencies to the electromagnetic wave characteristic frequency is greater than 1 and is less than or equal to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chun-Pin Wu, Shi-Yuan Tong, Wen-Song Ko, Chun-An Lu
  • Publication number: 20230316038
    Abstract: Artificial material systems that seek to mimic the basic processes of life must perform multiple complex functions including responsiveness, motion, and metabolism. Networks of programmable materials offer a pathway toward achieving these functions by altering local chemical, physical, and structural properties to enable control. We demonstrate the ability to perform multiple complex functions in a single soft elastomeric material system by reconfiguring, in situ, passive bistable fluidic diodes that are inspired by mammalian venous valves. We show how pneumo-mechanical programmability allows these silicone elastomer diode assemblies to accomplish, without rearranging the fluidic circuit, multiple functions including pumping (motion), energy storage/discharge (metabolism), logic operations (response), and signal filtering/rectification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Wen SONG, Thomas C. UNDERWOOD
  • Patent number: 11720173
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a multi-sensor don/doff detection system for an artificial reality device headset. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can use a combination of a proximity sensor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and an eye tracking/face tracking (ET/FT) unit to make these determinations. However, when both the ET/FT system and proximity sensor system are active, they can have system coexistence issues. Thus, only one of these systems can be used simultaneously. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can more accurately identify don events by using input from the proximity sensor and the IMU. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can also more accurately identify doff events by using input from the IMU and either A) the proximity sensor when the ET/FT system is disabled or B) the ET/FT system when the ET/FT system is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Yang, Qiang Zhang, Wen Song, Theresa Loney Casarez
  • Publication number: 20230225096
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electromagnetic wave absorbing material, including a core containing iron oxide having a first thermal expansion coefficient; and a shell layer covering the core, which has a second thermal expansion coefficient less than the first thermal expansion coefficient, and the shell layer contains an inorganic compound selected from a group consisting of oxides, nitrides or any combination thereof. The present disclosure further provides a composite structure for suppressing electromagnetic interference including the electromagnetic wave absorbing material as claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Chun-Pin WU, Mean-Jue TUNG, Shi-Yuan TONG, Wen-Song KO, Yu-Ting HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230195221
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a multi-sensor don/doff detection system for an artificial reality device headset. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can use a combination of a proximity sensor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and an eye tracking/face tracking (ET/FT) unit to make these determinations. However, when both the ET/FT system and proximity sensor system are active, they can have system coexistence issues. Thus, only one of these systems can be used simultaneously. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can more accurately identify don events by using input from the proximity sensor and the IMU. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can also more accurately identify doff events by using input from the IMU and either A) the proximity sensor when the ET/FT system is disabled or B) the ET/FT system when the ET/FT system is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Dong YANG, Qiang ZHANG, Wen SONG, Theresa Loney CASAREZ
  • Patent number: 11586283
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a multi-sensor don/doff detection system for an artificial reality device headset. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can use a combination of a proximity sensor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and an eye tracking/face tracking (ET/FT) unit to make these determinations. However, when both the ET/FT system and proximity sensor system are active, they can have system coexistence issues. Thus, only one of these systems can be used simultaneously. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can more accurately identify don events by using input from the proximity sensor and the IMU. The multi-sensor don/doff detection system can also more accurately identify doff events by using input from the IMU and either A) the proximity sensor when the ET/FT system is disabled or B) the ET/FT system when the ET/FT system is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Yang, Qiang Zhang, Wen Song, Theresa Loney Casarez
  • Patent number: 11553656
    Abstract: A gardening apparatus includes one or more of a base, a fluid reservoir, and a plant tray or support disposed on the reservoir. The support is adapted for receiving one or more modular plant inserts, and can define a flow structure for channeling fluid to each insert. A pump supplies fluid from the reservoir to the plant tray or support, with a light assembly adapted to generate a spectrum of light for growth of plants from the inserts. A processor is configured for controlling fluid flow from the pump, the light spectrum generated by the lighting elements, or both. For example, the processor can use a dynamic recipe, algorithm or control schedule to modulate the fluid flow or spectrum based the plant type, growth stage, height, plant health data, digital phenotyping data, or ambient conditions, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: AVA Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Yo Wen Song, Chase Arihiro Ando, Michael Reza Nasseri, Darshil Panagar, Chiragh Dewan
  • Publication number: 20220341050
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for direct electrodeposition of a metal from the liquid medium. The methods include electro-reduction of lithium anions on cathode electrodes in the presence of various metal deposition selectivity enhancements. The selectivity enhancement disclosed herein comprises the presence of a magnet, a solvent that is immiscible with an original liquid medium comprising the desired metal ions or various separators. Also disclosed are systems for electrodeposition of the desired metals from the liquid medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas C. Underwood, Sheila Gerardo, Wen Song
  • Publication number: 20210330818
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for analyzing the non-observed effect concentration (NOEC) of a chemical on an organism. The analysis method includes the following steps: 1) conducting a chronic toxicity test on a test organism with a test chemical at different concentrations, and conducting assays to obtain several sets of endpoint effect data; 2) classifying the several sets of endpoint effect data obtained in step 1); and 3) constructing hypothesis testing models with the data classified in step 2), and according to the statistical significance values from hypothesis testing models, among the same set of endpoint effect data, adopting the highest concentration of the test chemical that do not produce a significant effect as NOEC within the set; and among the different sets of endpoint effect data, adopting NOEC of the set with the smallest NOEC value as NOEC of the test chemical on the test organism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Wen Song, Changxing Wu, Xinxin Zhou, Liping Chen, Tao Cang, Mingfei Xu, Yi Zhang
  • Patent number: 10945063
    Abstract: A communication headset includes a neckband with a horseshoe-shaped footprint and two microphone tips disposed at two ends of the neckband, the two ends establishing an aperture of the horseshoe-shaped footprint. Each of the two microphone tips includes a slanted base. The communication headset further includes a microphone array including two sets of microphones in a spatial configuration in which the two sets of microphones are disposed on the slanted bases of the two microphone tips. An effective acoustic spacing between the microphones in the microphone array is at least 15 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Liu, John A Kelley, Wen Song, John S. Graham
  • Publication number: 20210044889
    Abstract: A communication headset includes a neckband with a horseshoe-shaped footprint and two microphone tips disposed at two ends of the neckband, the two ends establishing an aperture of the horseshoe-shaped footprint. Each of the two microphone tips includes a slanted base. The communication headset further includes a microphone array including two sets of microphones in a spatial configuration in which the two sets of microphones are disposed on the slanted bases of the two microphone tips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Liu, John A Kelley, Wen Song, John S. Graham
  • Publication number: 20200344965
    Abstract: A gardening apparatus includes one or more of a base, a fluid reservoir, and a plant tray or support disposed on the reservoir. The support is adapted for receiving one or more modular plant inserts, and can define a flow structure for channeling fluid to each insert. A pump supplies fluid from the reservoir to the plant tray or support, with a light assembly adapted to generate a spectrum of light for growth of plants from the inserts. A processor is configured for controlling fluid flow from the pump, the light spectrum generated by the lighting elements, or both. For example, the processor can use a dynamic recipe, algorithm or control schedule to modulate the fluid flow or spectrum based the plant type, growth stage, height, plant health data, digital phenotyping data, or ambient conditions, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yo Wen Song, Chase Arihiro Ando, Michael Reza Nasseri, Darshil Panagar, Chiragh Dewan
  • Patent number: 10697661
    Abstract: A thermal control apparatus and method are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining terminal status information of a terminal, where the terminal status information includes at least a terminal temperature parameter; obtaining environment status information and/or user status information, where the environment status information includes at least an environment temperature parameter and/or an environment humidity parameter, and the user status information includes at least one of a user body temperature parameter, a user electrocardiogram parameter, a user electroencephalogram parameter, or a user skin resistance parameter; and determining and executing a thermal control policy according to the terminal status information and either of or both of the environment status information and the user status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenjuan Chen, Wen Song
  • Patent number: D932345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: AVA Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Yo Wen Song, Chase Arihiro Ando, Michael Reza Nasseri, Darshil Panagar, Chiragh Dewan
  • Patent number: D932346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: AVA Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Yo Wen Song, Chase Arihiro Ando, Michael Reza Nasseri, Darshil Panagar, Chiragh Dewan
  • Patent number: D1040181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING KUAIMAJIABIAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen Song, Lulu Wang, Haiying Xue