Patents by Inventor Xiao Hu

Xiao 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).

  • Context-based flight mode selection
    Patent number: 10029789
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within an environment are provided. In one aspect, a system comprises one or more sensors carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle and configured to provide sensor data and one or more processors. The one or more processors can be individually or collectively configured to: determine, based on the sensor data, an environment type for the environment; select a flight mode from a plurality of different flight modes based on the environment type, wherein each of the plurality of different flight mode is associated with a different set of operating rules for the unmanned aerial vehicle; and cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate within the environment while conforming to the set of operating rules of the selected flight mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ang Liu, Xiao Hu, Guyue Zhou, Xuyang Pan
  • Chip Package Structure and Manufacturing Method Thereof
    Publication number: 20180190569
    Abstract: A chip package structure, including a substrate, multiple chips and multiple discrete devices that are packaged on an upper surface of the substrate, and a heat dissipation apparatus, where the heat dissipation apparatus includes an insulation layer and a thermally conductive layer that are laminated. The insulation layer completely encloses and adheres to outer surfaces of the multiple chips, outer surfaces of the multiple discrete devices, and the upper surface of the substrate and configured to conduct heat generated by the multiple chips and the multiple discrete devices to the thermally conductive layer and the substrate such that the heat generated by the multiple chips and the multiple discrete devices dissipated using the thermally conductive layer and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: HuiLi Fu, Shujie Cai, Xiao Hu
  • Tetrahydro[1,8]naphthyridine Sulfonamide And Related Compounds for Use as Agonists of RORy and the Treatment of Disease
    Publication number: 20180179224
    Abstract: The invention provides tetrahydro[1,8]naphthyridine and related compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of promoting RORy activity, increasing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and treating cancer using such tetrahydro[1,8]naphthyridine and related compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas D. Aicher, Peter L. Toogood, Xiao Hu
  • Velocity control for an unmanned aerial vehicle
    Patent number: 10001778
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within an environment are provided. In one aspect, a system comprises one or more sensors carried on the unmanned aerial vehicle and configured to receive sensor data of the environment and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be individually or collectively configured to: determine, based on the sensor data, an environmental complexity factor representative of an obstacle density for the environment; determine, based on the environmental complexity factor, one or more operating rules for the unmanned aerial vehicle; receive a signal indicating a desired movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to move in accordance with the signal while complying with the one or more operating rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiao Hu, Ang Liu, Guyue Zhou, Xuyang Pan
  • ADAPTIVE LOAD BALANCING FOR APPLICATION CHAINS
    Publication number: 20180167450
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for adaptive load balancing for application chains. A load-balancer can receive a data packet for a connection/transaction to be routed through an application chain. The load-balancer can select, based on an application path table, a first end-to-end application path through the application chain. The application path table can identify two or more end-to-end application paths through the application chain along with a corresponding performance status for each end-to-end application path through the application chain. The performance status for an application path can indicate a performance level of the end-to-end application path determined based on performance of previous data packets for previous connections transmitted through the application chain according to the end-to-end application path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Sunil Cherukuri, Xiao Hu Gao, Alexander B. Altman
  • Processes of Increasing Crystallinity Alignment of Protein Films and Products Thereof
    Publication number: 20180105659
    Abstract: A method of processing a protein in an acid solution is disclosed. The processed protein exhibits various optimized properties including crystallinity, thermal stability, bio-stability, and elastic modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Rowan University
    Inventors: Xiao Hu, Sam Lofland
  • System and methods for generating predictive combinations of hospital monitor alarms
    Patent number: 9936923
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring data associated with a plurality of physiological characteristics of a patient, comprising: the methods include generating a set of super-alarm patterns associated with the plurality of physiological conditions, wherein the super-alarm patterns comprising data relating to a combination of at least two individual raw alarms from independent physiological data streams that co-occur within a temporal window, and triggering an alarm if a combination of the input physiological data matches at least a portion of a generated super-alarm pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Xiao Hu, Neil A. Martin
  • Piezoelectronic device with novel force amplification
    Patent number: 9941472
    Abstract: A piezoelectronic device with novel force amplification includes a first electrode; a piezoelectric layer disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer; an insulator disposed on the second electrode; a piezoresistive layer disposed on the insulator; a third electrode disposed on the insulator; a fourth electrode disposed on the insulator; a semi-rigid housing surrounding the layers and the electrodes; wherein the semi-rigid housing is in contact with the first, third, and fourth electrodes and the piezoresistive layer; wherein the semi-rigid housing includes a void. The third and fourth electrodes are on the same plane and separated from each other in the transverse direction by a distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruce G. Elmegreen, Marcelo A. Kuroda, Xiao Hu Liu, Glenn J. Martyna, Dennis M. Newns, Paul M. Solomon
  • PIEZOELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH NOVEL FORCE AMPLIFICATION
    Publication number: 20180090681
    Abstract: A piezoelectronic device with novel force amplification includes a first electrode; a piezoelectric layer disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer; an insulator disposed on the second electrode; a piezoresistive layer disposed on the insulator; a third electrode disposed on the insulator; a fourth electrode disposed on the insulator; a semi-rigid housing surrounding the layers and the electrodes; wherein the semi-rigid housing is in contact with the first, third, and fourth electrodes and the piezoresistive layer; wherein the semi-rigid housing includes a void. The third and fourth electrodes are on the same plane and separated from each other in the transverse direction by a distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Bruce G. Elmegreen, Marcelo A. Kuroda, Xiao Hu Liu, Glenn J. Martyna, Dennis M. Newns, Paul M. Solomon
  • FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS FOR WEARABLE HEALTHCARE SENSORS
    Publication number: 20180073854
    Abstract: Aspects include a method of manufacturing a flexible electronic structure that includes a metal or doped silicon substrate. Aspects include depositing an insulating layer on a silicon substrate. Aspects also include patterning a metal on a silicon substrate. Aspects also include selectively masking the structure to expose the metal and a portion of the silicon substrate. Aspects also include depositing a conductive layer including a conductive metal on the structure. Aspects also include plating the conductive material on the structure. Aspects also include spalling the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: HUAN HU, NING LI, XIAO HU LIU, KATSUYUKI SAKUMA
  • API RATE LIMITING FOR CLOUD NATIVE APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20180062944
    Abstract: A method is described and in one embodiment includes intercepting an API call destined for an application executing on a host server; accessing a Service Level Agreement (“SLA”) profile for the application, wherein the SLA indicates performance guarantees for the application; determining resource utilization for the host server and resource utilization for the current application and other applications running on that server; comparing the performance guarantees with the host server and application resource utilization to determine whether performance guarantees can be met if the API call is forwarded to the application based on the host server resource utilization; and, if it determined that the performance guarantees cannot be met if the API call is forwarded to the application, refraining from forwarding the API call to the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander B. Altman, Sunil Cherukuri, Xiao Hu Gao
  • Light guiding device and electronic device having light conducting channels with at least one barrier object therein
    Patent number: 9903754
    Abstract: A security device in an electronic device which protects against unauthorized disassembly includes light sources, a plurality of photosensitive elements, a detection unit, a storage unit, a processor, and light guiding devices. Light conducting channels are provided between the light sources and the induction elements. Barrier objects that block light are installed at certain first light guiding channels of the light guiding channels, and are removed from the first light conducting channels when the electronic device is disassembled, so that induction signals output by the photosensitive elements are changed from the model or original digitally-recorded signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: NANNING FUGUI PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao-Hu Tang, Pei Liu
  • THRU-SILICON-VIA STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20180047626
    Abstract: Stress generation free thru-silicon-via structures with improved performance and reliability and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming a first conductive diffusion barrier liner on an insulator layer within a thru-silicon-via of a wafer material. The method further includes forming a stress absorption layer on the first conductive diffusion barrier. The method further includes forming a second conductive diffusion barrier on the stress absorption layer. The method further includes forming a copper plate on the second conductive diffusion barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Fen CHEN, Mukta G. FAROOQ, Carole D. GRAAS, Xiao Hu LIU
  • OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE BASED ON BEHAVIORAL AND SITUATIONAL SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20180048533
    Abstract: Variety of approaches to optimize performance based on behavioral and situational signals are described. A productivity service initiates operations to optimize performance upon receiving a behavioral signal and/or a situational signal associated with a user. The behavioral signal and/or the situational signal are analyzed to infer a usage pattern associated with a component of an application. Next, a failure of the usage pattern is detected in a comparison to an utility threshold. In response, the application is instructed to interrupt an execution of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zohaib H Ali, Srinivasa Reddy Manda, Tao Zhang, Sirish Kumar Balaga, Christian Piccolo, Russell L. Simpson, JR., Selvaraj Nalliah, Eduardo D. Melo, David P Limont, Kevin C Clement, Thomas W. Millett, Samuele Carpineti, Xiao Hu, Mihir S Ray, David L Meyers
  • REGENERABLE DRAW SOLUTE FOR OSMOTICALLY DRIVEN PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20180015414
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a use of an inorganic salt to form and regenerate a draw solute for forward osmosis, wherein the inorganic salt is selected from one or more of the group selected from sodium sulfate, calcium lactate, disodium phosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, and hydrates thereof. Also disclosed herein is a method of forward osmosis using said inorganic salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiao HU, Yufeng CAI
  • A DRAW SOLUTE FOR A FORWARD OSMOSIS PROCESS
    Publication number: 20180008933
    Abstract: A draw solute for a forward osmosis process, the draw solute comprising: a thermally responsive ionic compound having at least one of: a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) and an upper critical solution temperature (UCST), the draw solute being regeneratable from a diluted aqueous draw solution after forward osmosis via one of: liquid-liquid phase separation and solid-liquid phase separation, the draw solute being regeneratable when the diluted aqueous draw solution is at a temperature selected from one of: above the LCST and below the UCST
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Xiao HU, Yufeng CAI, Rong WANG
  • LIGHT GUIDING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170350751
    Abstract: A security device in an electronic device which protects against unauthorized disassembly includes light sources, a plurality of photosensitive elements, a detection unit, a storage unit, a processor, and light guiding devices. Light conducting channels are provided between the light sources and the induction elements. Barrier objects that block light are installed at certain first light guiding channels of the light guiding channels, and are removed from the first light conducting channels when the electronic device is disassembled, so that induction signals output by the photosensitive elements are changed from the model or original digitally-recorded signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: XIAO-HU TANG, PEI LIU
  • Thru-silicon-via structures
    Patent number: 9812359
    Abstract: Stress generation free thru-silicon-via structures with improved performance and reliability and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming a first conductive diffusion barrier liner on an insulator layer within a thru-silicon-via of a wafer material. The method further includes forming a stress absorption layer on the first conductive diffusion barrier. The method further includes forming a second conductive diffusion barrier on the stress absorption layer. The method further includes forming a copper plate on the second conductive diffusion barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Fen Chen, Mukta G. Farooq, Carole D. Graas, Xiao Hu Liu
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ROBOTIC DIRECT LEAD-THROUGH TEACHING
    Publication number: 20170312917
    Abstract: A device for robotic direct lead-through teaching includes a robot, a replacing member and a lead-through teaching member. The robot has an operation member coupled with the replacing member. The lead-through teaching member mounted replaceably at the replacing member has a force sensor. The force sensor has six-axis load information. A path teaching is executed manually upon the operation member of the robot so as to store coordinate information. In additional, a method for robotic direct lead-through teaching is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: WEI-DER CHUNG, CHUN-CHIEH WANG, PING-CHENG HSIEH, XIAO HU
  • Card edge connector
    Patent number: D820216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xun Wu, Guo-Xiang Niu, Xiao-Hu Yin