Patents by Inventor William Tan

William Tan 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: 20240148999
    Abstract: A patient interface including a plenum chamber, a first seal-forming structure for forming a seal around the patient's mouth, and a second seal-forming structure for forming a seal around the patient's nares. The patient interface further includes at least one stopper rib disposed in the cavity of the plenum chamber spaced apart from the first seal-forming structure in a rest position. The first seal-forming structure configured to contact the at least one stopper rib in an operational position. The at least one stopper rib configured to oppose compression of the first seal-forming structure in an anterior direction. The second seal-forming structure is not configured to contact the at least one stopper rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Marvin Sugi HARTONO, Kyi Thu MAUNG, Lik Tze SEET, Jing CHEN, Beng Hai TAN, Han Cheng LIN, Chuan Foong LEE, Xiang Yu ONG, Shiva Kumar SHANMUGA SUNDARA, Hugh Francis Stewart THOMAS, Sebastien DEUBEL, Chee Keong ONG, Andrew James BATE, Matthew Robin WELLS, Paul Derrick WATSON, Shannon William PRIOR
  • Publication number: 20240145108
    Abstract: A temperature-controlled irradiation system may include an outer containment and a sealed capsule disposed within the outer containment. The sealed capsule may be configured to contain a testing material within the sealed capsule. The system may further include a temperature sensor disposed within the sealed capsule. The temperature sensor may be configured to measure a temperature of the testing material. A pressure sensor may be disposed within the sealed capsule. The pressure sensor may be configured to measure an internal pressure of the sealed capsule. The system may include a heater disposed within the sealed capsule. The heater may be configured to control the temperature of the testing material. The heater may be immersed within the testing material. A gas gap is provided between the sealed capsule and the outer containment. The gas gap may be configured to control thermal conductivity between the sealed capsule and the outer containment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Calvin M. Downey, Abdalla Abou Jaoude, William C. Phillips, Chuting Tan Tsai, Gregory M. Core, Stacey M. Wilson, SuJong Yoon, Kim B. Davies
  • Patent number: 11966560
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents media items from different media applications in a unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates browsing of media from different media applications based on category of media (e.g., movies, television shows, etc.). In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates setup of a unified media browsing application that presents media items from different media applications in a unified media browsing user interface. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays multiple episodes of a collection of episodic content (e.g., a television series) in a user interface for the collection of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays representations of, and provides access to, live-event media items accessible on the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander W. Johnston, Dennis S. Park, Tito Lloyd Balsamo, Jonathan Lochhead, Yesmeen El-Shafey, Graham R. Clarke, Peter D. Anton, Jennifer L. C. Folse, William M. Bachman, Stephen O. Lemay, Gregg Suzuki, Alan C. Dye, Jeff Tan-Ang, Policarpo B. Wood
  • Patent number: 11919580
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example vehicle disclosed herein includes a steering assist system, a steering wheel, and a steering controller to detect a request to move the steering wheel of the vehicle to a first rotational position, the steering wheel having a second rotational position, actuate, via the steering assist system, the steering wheel towards the first rotational position, determine, based on a relationship between a first parameter and a second parameter, a third rotational position, the third rotational position having an angular offset from the first rotational position, the first parameter corresponding to a position of the steering system, the second parameter corresponding to a load on the steering system, and in response to reaching the third rotational position, disengage the steering assist system, the disengagement causing the steering wheel to rotate to the first rotational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhongzhou Yang, Alex Parker, Zheng Tan, Bo Lin, Justin Sekula, William Bouse
  • Patent number: 11623245
    Abstract: A vibrating piezoelectric atomizer comprising: a piezoelectric tube having a length, a first end defining an opening and a second end, the second end of the piezoelectric transducer tubular body is connected to a horn; the horn is dimensioned to be half wavelength resonator; the horn is folded and located alongside the piezoelectric tube; a metallic disk is connected to the horn near the first end of the piezoelectric tube, whereby by applying an alternating voltage across electrodes of the piezoelectric tube, the piezoelectric tube is excited into a resonant vibration when frequency of excitation equals to half wavelength resonant frequency of the piezoelectric tube's length and vibrates in synchronism and is communicated to the metallic disk to atomize a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventors: David Wuchinich, Liat Keng Kang, William Tan
  • Patent number: 11539621
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a controller area network (CAN) Ethernet gateway (CEG) is communicatively coupled with a first CAN bus and a second CAN bus, and configured to generate a user datagram protocol (UDP) packet. The UDP packet includes a packet header, a first data portion that includes a CAN header and CAN data related to the first CAN bus, and a second data portion that includes a CAN header and CAN data related to the second CAN bus. Other embodiments are described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Vasudeva Pai Melgangolli, William Tan, Lixun Lin
  • Publication number: 20220247681
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a controller area network (CAN) Ethernet gateway (CEG) is communicatively coupled with a first CAN bus and a second CAN bus, and configured to generate a user datagram protocol (UDP) packet. The UDP packet includes a packet header, a first data portion that includes a CAN header and CAN data related to the first CAN bus, and a second data portion that includes a CAN header and CAN data related to the second CAN bus. Other embodiments are described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Vasudeva Pai Melgangolli, William Tan, Lixun Lin
  • Patent number: 11325149
    Abstract: The apparatus has an atomizer for the dispersal of a liquid and has an enclosed removable cartridge assembly with a reservoir of liquid and a wick with one end in communication with the liquid and a vibrating transducer in contact with another end of the wick; the transducer, wick and cartridge of liquid are arranged to allow a capillary volume of liquid from the wick to vibrate together to disperse the liquid in a direction away from the wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: William Tan, Liat Keng Kang
  • Publication number: 20220104758
    Abstract: A device and method for sleep monitoring, in particular to a device and method for determining time-to-sleep and wake periods during sleep and to a device and method for determining rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non REM (NREM) sleep. The method for determining time-to-sleep and wake periods during sleep comprising the steps of obtaining motion data representative of motion of a user; detecting the time-to-sleep from the motion data based on a first time-above-threshold (TAT) threshold and a first proportional integration method (PIM) threshold; and detecting the wake periods during sleep from the motion data based on a second TAT threshold and a second PIM threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Khine Cho Cho Thein, William Tan, Kittipong Kasamsook
  • Publication number: 20210020823
    Abstract: There is presented a method for driving a piezoelectric device and an atomizer for atomizing a fluid, and an atomization method for a fluid using a piezoelectric device; the atomizer employs a piezoelectric device and circuitry that uses a switching voltage across the piezoelectric device at an operating frequency; sensing a sensed voltage corresponding to a phase of the piezoelectric device; and responsive to whether the sensed voltage is in phase or out of phase relative to the switching voltage, changing the operating frequency provided to the piezoelectric device, and the changing is one of: increasing the operating frequency by a first value, or decreasing the operating frequency by a second value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Liat Keng KANG, William Tan
  • Publication number: 20200156113
    Abstract: A vibrating piezoelectric atomizer comprising: a piezoelectric tube having a length, a first end defining an opening and a second end, the second end of the piezoelectric transducer tubular body is connected to a horn; the horn is dimensioned to be half wavelength resonator; the horn is folded and located alongside the piezoelectric tube; a metallic disk is connected to the horn near the first end of the piezoelectric tube, whereby by applying an alternating voltage across electrodes of the piezoelectric tube, the piezoelectric tube is excited into a resonant vibration when frequency of excitation equals to half wavelength resonant frequency of the piezoelectric tube's length and vibrates in synchronism and is communicated to the metallic disk to atomize a liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: David Wuchinich, Liat Keng KANG, William Tan
  • Publication number: 20200009600
    Abstract: The apparatus has an atomizer for the dispersal of a liquid and has an enclosed removable cartridge assembly with a reservoir of liquid and a wick with one end in communication with the liquid and a vibrating transducer in contact with another end of the wick; the transducer, wick and cartridge of liquid are arranged to allow a capillary volume of liquid from the wick to vibrate together to disperse the liquid in a direction away from the wick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: William Tan, Liat Keng KANG
  • Publication number: 20170347948
    Abstract: A device and method for sleep monitoring, in particular to a device and method for determining time-to-sleep and wake periods during sleep and to a device and method for determining rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non REM (NREM) sleep. The method for determining time-obtaining motion data representative of motion of a user to-sleep and wake periods during sleep comprising the steps of obtaining motion data representative of motion of a user; detecting the time-to-sleep from the motion data based on a first time-above-threshold (TAT) threshold and a first proportional detecting the time-to-sleep from the motion data based integration method (PIM) threshold; and detecting on a first time-above-threshold (TAT) threshold and a the wake periods during sleep from the motion data first proportional integration method (PIM) threshold based on a second TAT threshold and a second PIM threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Khine Cho Cho Thein, William Tan, Kittipong Kasamsook
  • Publication number: 20160213866
    Abstract: An electronic vaporization device, used for the purpose of inhalation of vapor created by using an ultrasonic signal generator to vaporize a solid or liquid; the apparatus also employs a Langevin transducer, a horn, and a probe, which is attached to the horn and is bent to optimize vibrational amplitude/displacement at the tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: William Tan
  • Publication number: 20160132314
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for remotely updating deployed applications by changing the values of modifiable variables incorporated in the applications. Developers can define segments with attributes and deliver customized configurations for those segments. Also disclosed is a method for resolving conflicts, based on prioritization, if an application instance matches more than one segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Marc Solsona-Palomar, Luis Arnoldo Romero, Paul David Truax, Joanne Jeannette Marie Polsky, Aaron Scott Willeke, Benjamin Christian Blount, Greg William Tan, Pinku Prakash Karthikeyan
  • Patent number: 9195919
    Abstract: A method of forming print instructions in a host for rendering within a fixed amount of memory on a printer receives intermediate data comprising regions which are associated with drawing instructions. A first amount of memory available to render the intermediate data is calculated based on a second amount of memory needed by the printer to store the intermediate data. The host determines a subset of the drawing instructions as complex drawing instructions and renders the complex drawing instructions to the printer as simpler drawing instructions. For regions associated with the complex drawing instructions, the host reassociates the regions with the corresponding simpler drawing instructions to form altered intermediate data which can be rendered on the printer within the determined first amount of memory. The print instructions, including the altered intermediate print data, can then be rendered by the printer to pixel data within the fixed amount of memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Joseph Leigh Belbin, Gregory William Tan
  • Patent number: D792960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Locker Dorion Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard J. Locker, Christopher M. Dorion, William Tan
  • Patent number: D1019937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Craig David Edwards, Stewart Joseph Wagner, Chia Ik Tan, Shiva Kumar Shanmuga Sundara, Murray William Lee, Alicia Kristianne Wells
  • Patent number: D1021641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: IPS GROUP INC
    Inventors: David William King, Choor-Hong Tan, Derek Wu, David Andrew Jones
  • Patent number: D1021642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: IPS GROUP INC.
    Inventors: David William King, Choor-Hong Tan, Derek Wu, David Andrew Jones