Patents by Inventor William Hu
William Hu 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).
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Publication number: 20240163576Abstract: Techniques to provide a low-power single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) image. An example imaging device includes a SPAD array having a plurality of pixels configured to detect electromagnetic radiation, and a processing device configured to deactivate, based on an event count, a pixel of the SPAD array for a remaining duration of a first detection frame of the SPAD array. The pixel can remain deactivated for the remaining duration, and the remaining duration can span from a deactivation time until an end of the first SPAD frame. The processing device can be further configured to reactivate the pixel in a subsequent detection frame of the SPAD array.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.Inventors: Xianmin Yi, Chien-Horn Lu, Shanli Hu, Edmond Tam, Angel Rogelio Lopez, William Tian
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Publication number: 20240158293Abstract: An article is described herein that includes: a substrate having a glass, glass-ceramic or a ceramic composition and comprising a primary surface; and a protective film disposed on the primary surface. The protective film comprises a thickness of greater than 1.5 microns and a maximum hardness of greater than 15 GPa at a depth of 500 nanometers, as measured on the film disposed on the substrate. Further, the protective film comprises a metal oxynitride that is graded such that an oxygen concentration in the film varies by 1.3 or more atomic %. In addition, the substrate comprises an elastic modulus less than an elastic modulus of the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Kaveh Adib, Guangli Hu, William Joseph Hurley, Dana Ianson, Lin Lin, Santona Pal, James Joseph Price
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Publication number: 20240132747Abstract: A coated substrate comprising a coating extending over at least a part of the substrate. The coating is obtainable from a coating composition comprising (a) a polymeric binder; and (b) a feathering reducing agent comprising a carboxylic acid reactive functional group. The coated portion of the substrate comprises a pretreatment layer. The pretreatment layer is obtainable from a pretreatment composition that comprises a trivalent chromium compound. The invention extends to a method of coating a pre-treated substrate and a coated package, such as a metal can.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Adam Bradley Powell, Jr., Elzen Kurpejovic, Fengshuo Hu, Carl A. Seneker, Wenchao Zhang, Hongying Zhou, Edward R. Millero, Jr., Dennis A. Simpson, Michael G. Olah, Rudolf Baumgarten, Kareem Kaleem, Nigel F Masters, William H. Retsch, Jr.
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Publication number: 20240131148Abstract: Provided herein are glycan engineered SARS-CoV-2 RBD polypeptides, fusion polypeptides comprising thereof, and immunogenic compositions comprising thereof. Also provided are methods of administering the RBD polypeptide, fusion polypeptide or immunogenic composition to a subject to elicit an immune response. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the fusion polypeptide, and methods of administering a composition comprising the polynucleotide to a subject to elicit an immune response. In some embodiments, the polynucleotide is an RNA comprising modified ribonucleotides.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: William R. SCHIEF, Torben SCHIFFNER, Jon M. STEICHEN, Xiaozhen HU
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Publication number: 20240125003Abstract: A method of growing a single crystal ingot includes growing a single crystal silicon ingot from a silicon melt in a crucible within an inner chamber, adding a volatile dopant into a feed tube, positioning the feed tube within an inner chamber at a first height relative to a surface of the melt, adjusting the feed tube within the inner chamber to a second height at a speed rate, and heating the volatile dopant to form a gaseous dopant as the feed tube is moved from the first height to the second height at the speed rate. Each of the second height and the speed rate are selected to control a vaporization rate of the volatile dopant. The method also includes introducing dopant species into the melt while growing the ingot by contacting the surface of the melt with the gaseous dopant.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Chieh HU, Hsien-Ta TSENG, Chun-Sheng WU, William Lynn LUTER, Liang-Chin CHEN, Sumeet BHAGAVAT, Carissima Marie HUDSON, Yu-Chiao Wu
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Publication number: 20240125004Abstract: A method of growing a single crystal ingot includes growing a single crystal silicon ingot from a silicon melt in a crucible within an inner chamber, adding a volatile dopant into a feed tube, positioning the feed tube within an inner chamber at a first height relative to a surface of the melt, adjusting the feed tube within the inner chamber to a second height at a speed rate, and heating the volatile dopant to form a gaseous dopant as the feed tube is moved from the first height to the second height at the speed rate. Each of the second height and the speed rate are selected to control a vaporization rate of the volatile dopant. The method also includes introducing dopant species into the melt while growing the ingot by contacting the surface of the melt with the gaseous dopant.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Chieh HU, Hsien-Ta TSENG, Chun-Sheng WU, William Lynn LUTER, Liang-Chin CHEN, Sumeet BHAGAVAT, Carissima Marie HUDSON, Yu-Chiao Wu
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Publication number: 20240104070Abstract: A method for removing uninterested attributes from multi-modality data may include: receiving, by a multi-modality attribute removal computer program executed by an electronic device, multi-modality data comprising a plurality of modalities from a data source, wherein data in each modality are related; receiving, by the multi-modality attribute removal computer program, an uninterested attribute in the multi-modality data to remove; training, by the multi-modality attribute removal computer program, a modality-focused encoder for each modality of the multi-modality data to remove the uninterested attribute using a removal loss and a retention loss for the respective modality; receiving, by the multi-modality attribute removal computer program, a multi-modality data set for processing; and processing, by the multi-modality attribute removal computer program, the multi-modality data set using the modality-focused encoders, wherein the processing results in a processed multi-modality data set with the uninterestType: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Zhonghao SHI, Richard CHEN, Shaohan HU, William MORIARTY, Marco PISTOIA
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Publication number: 20240101860Abstract: A coating composition comprising (a) a polyester binder material; and (b) a feathering reducing agent. The feathering reducing agent is selected from (i) an acrylic feathering reducing agent comprising a functional group selected from hydroxyl, epoxide, phosphatized epoxide and/or acid-functional; (ii) a hydroxy-functional polyester feathering reducing agent; (iii) a feathering reducing agent comprising a functional group selected from amine, amide, imine and/or nitrile; (iv) a phosphatized epoxy feathering reducing agent; (v) a phenolic resin feathering reducing agent; and/or (vi) a feathering reducing agent comprising an oxazolyl functional group. The invention extends to a substrate coated with the coating composition and use of the coating composition to reduce feathering.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Adam Bradley Powell, Jr., Elzen Kurpejovic, Fengshuo Hu, Carl A. Seneker, Wenchao Zhang, Hongying Zhou, Edward R. Millero, Jr., Dennis A. Simpson, Michael G. Olah, Rudolf Baumgarten, Kareem Kaleem, Nigel F Masters, William H. Retsch, Jr.
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Patent number: 10508398Abstract: An installation guide with quick release for installation of a piece of equipment, comprises a base member adapted to be fixed at a predetermined location, the base member having a cavity, an engagement member adapted to be received into the cavity of the base member, a latching mechanism adapted to latch the engagement member with the base member, the latching mechanism including a release line attached with the engagement member and a guide line attached with the engagement member. Further, the latching mechanism is adapted to release the engagement member from the base member on actuation of the release line.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Inventors: Jitendra Prasad, William Hu, Manoj Menon
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Publication number: 20190330816Abstract: An installation guide with quick release for installation of a piece of equipment, comprises a base member adapted to be fixed at a predetermined location, the base member having a cavity, an engagement member adapted to be received into the cavity of the base member, a latching mechanism adapted to latch the engagement member with the base member, the latching mechanism including a release line attached with the engagement member and a guide line attached with the engagement member. Further, the latching mechanism is adapted to release the engagement member from the base member on actuation of the release line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Jitendra PRASAD, William HU, Manoj MENON
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Publication number: 20140228240Abstract: This disclosure is in the area of medical diagnostics that provides a method to assist in diagnosis and monitoring the progression of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Emory UniversityInventor: William Hu
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Patent number: 8795043Abstract: A method of providing a game show that includes broadcasting performances from a plurality of contestants to audience members and receiving votes from the audience members during a voting period. The contestants who receive the most and the least votes are selected as winners. In addition, a winner from the audience members is determined by the timing of a winning vote based on a percentage of the total number of votes cast for the contestant receiving the least number of votes.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: CEM International LimitedInventor: William Hu
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Patent number: 8678899Abstract: A method of providing a game show that includes broadcasting performances from a plurality of contestants to audience members and receiving lists from the audience members. Each list received contains the identifiers of at least two contestants. These lists are tabulated and a vote is recorded for a contestant each time the identifier for that contestant appears on a list. The contestants are then ranked in order of the number of votes each received, with the contestant who received the least votes ranked first. The contestant with the most votes and/or the contestant with the least votes are named the winner. The group of audience members who submitted lists that rank the contestants in order of who received the fewest votes to who received the most votes also win.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: CEM International LimitedInventor: William Hu
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Publication number: 20140017654Abstract: A method of providing a game show that includes broadcasting performances from a plurality of contestants to audience members and receiving votes from the audience members during a voting period. The contestants who receive the most and the least votes are selected as winners. In addition, a winner from the audience members is determined by the timing of a winning vote based on a percentage of the total number of votes cast for the contestant receiving the least number of votes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventor: William Hu
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Publication number: 20130053115Abstract: A method of providing a game show that includes broadcasting performances from a plurality of contestants to audience members and receiving lists from the audience members. Each list received contains the identifiers of at least two contestants. These lists are tabulated and a vote is recorded for a contestant each time the identifier for that contestant appears on a list. The contestants are then ranked in order of the number of votes each received, with the contestant who received the least votes ranked first. The contestant with the most votes and/or the contestant with the least votes are named the winner. The group of audience members who submitted lists that rank the contestants in order of who received the fewest votes to who received the most votes also win.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventor: William Hu