Patents by Inventor Xiao Li

Xiao Li 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: 11343669
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus and computer program products for network function service discovery. A method implemented at a second network node in a wireless core network with service based architecture comprises: receiving a registration request for network function instance from a network function, the registration request comprising information identifying a subscriber group to which the network function instance is applicable; and storing the information in association with the network function instance. With embodiments of the disclosure, size of NF profile can be saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Cheng Wang, Yong Yang, Gang Ren, Xiao Li, Xinyu Zhang, Junyi Wang
  • Patent number: 11342265
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least one contact structure. The at least one contact structure comprises a contact, an insulating material overlying the contact, and at least one contact via in the insulating material. The at least one contact structure also comprises a dielectric liner material adjacent the insulating material within the contact via, a conductive material adjacent the dielectric liner material, and a stress compensation material adjacent the conductive material and in a central portion of the at least one contact via. The stress compensation material is at least partially surrounded by the conductive material. Memory devices, electronic systems, and methods of forming the apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan D. Greenlee, Lifang Xu, Rita J. Klein, Xiao Li, Everett A. McTeer
  • Publication number: 20220158738
    Abstract: A method in which a plurality of transmit signals are generated at data rates that are offset from each other to minimize detectable electromagnetic interference at a particular frequency. The method further includes converting each transmit signal to a corresponding optical transmit signal of a plurality of optical transmit signals for transmission via a corresponding channel of a plurality of channels of an optical network device and transmitting the plurality of optical transmit signals via respective ones of the plurality of channels for transmission on respective optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jianquan Lou, Alpesh Umakant Bhobe, Hailong Zhang, Xiao Li, Guangcao Fu
  • Publication number: 20220154419
    Abstract: An assembled subway station and a construction method thereof are provided. The assembled subway station includes a plurality of components combined in a ring shape, comprising a bottom plate component, two bottom corner components, two side wall components, a middle plate component, two top corner components, and a top plate component. Connection surfaces of each component are each provided with a concave-convex structure being matched with another concave-convex structure on a relevant connection surface of an adjacent component. Butt joint positions of two adjacent components are filled with sealing structures. The embedded grooves of two adjacent components are oppositely arranged, and connecting members for exerting opposite fastening forces on the two adjacent components are installed in the oppositely arranged embedded grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Xianli Ding, Bao Xiang, Xingzhong Nong, Juyang Wu, Haiou Shi, Feiqi Ou, Zihui Zan, Ran Wang, Shengya He, Xiao Li, Chunjie Liu, Liang Ye, Qian Zhou, Hengyi Li, Wenqi Zhang, Yiheng Ren, He Huang
  • Publication number: 20220136352
    Abstract: A device and a method for transferring and storing a deep in-situ core in a sealed and pressure-maintaining manner includes a pressure vessel, a sealed storage vessel, a control system, a pressure regulation system and at least one spherical valve. The pressure vessel includes a first barrel and a first end sealing piston mounted at a first end of the first barrel and being slidable in the pressure vessel. The sealed storage vessel includes a second barrel and a second end sealing piston which is mounted at a first end of the second barrel. At least one spherical valve is connected between the first barrel and the second barrel. The pressure regulation system is configured for regulating an amount of water in the second barrel. The control system includes a first pressure sensor, a second pressure sensor, and a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jianming HE, Zhaobin ZHANG, Jian HUO, Yanfang WU, Shouding LI, Xiao LI
  • Publication number: 20220136981
    Abstract: Strontium tetraborate can be used as an optical material. Strontium tetraborate exhibits high refractive indices, high optical damage threshold, and high microhardness. The transmission window of strontium tetraborate covers a very broad range of wavelengths, from 130 nm to 3200 nm, making the material particularly useful at VUV wavelengths. An optical component made of strontium tetraborate can be incorporated in an optical system, such as a semiconductor inspection system, a metrology system, or a lithography system. These optical components may include mirrors, lenses, lens arrays, prisms, beam splitters, windows, lamp cells or Brewster-angle optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yung-Ho Alex Chuang, Yinying Xiao-Li, Elena Loginova, John Fielden
  • Publication number: 20220128441
    Abstract: A rock mechanics triaxial testing machine includes an outer pressure chamber and an inner pressure chamber located inside the outer pressure chamber, and a side wall of the inner pressure chamber is provided with a communication hole communicating with the outer pressure chamber; an upper pressure head and a lower pressure head which may be placed inside the inner pressure chamber; an axial pressure driving member, the axial pressure driving member may drive the upper pressure head and lower pressure head to approach each other to squeeze the rock sample; an axial deformation sensor, a radial deformation sensor, a lifting mechanism, the lifting mechanism may drive the inner pressure chamber to rise and fall. In the rock mechanics triaxial testing machine, the inner pressure chamber and the outer pressure chamber are nested indoors and outdoors, and the inner pressure chamber is used to quickly mount rock test samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Shouding LI, Xiao LI, Zhongming ZHOU, Bo ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20220128817
    Abstract: Waveguides comprising materials with refractive index greater than or equal to 1.8 and methods of patterning waveguides are disclosed. Patterned waveguides comprising materials with refractive index greater than or equal to 1.8 can be incorporated in display devices, such as, for example wearable display devices to project virtual images to a viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Vikramjit Singh, Kang Luo, Michal Beau Dennison Vaughn, Samarth Bhargava, Shuqiang Yang, Michael Nevin Miller, Frank Y. Xu, Michael Anthony Klug, Kevin Messer, Robert D. Tekolste, Xiaopei Deng, Xiao Li
  • Patent number: 11302246
    Abstract: Provided are a pixel driving circuit, a driving method, a display panel and a display device. The pixel driving circuit includes: a data writing device, a voltage stabilizing storage device, a driving device and a light-emitting component; where the data writing device is configured for transmitting a data signal voltage; the driving device is configured for generating a driving current according to the data signal voltage transmitted by the data writing device; the voltage stabilizing storage device is configured for storing the data signal voltage transmitted to the driving device; the light-emitting component is configured for emitting light in response to the driving current generated by the driving device; where the voltage stabilizing storage device includes at least two voltage stabilizing storage sub-devices connected in parallel, each voltage stabilizing storage sub-device includes a capacitor, at least one of the voltage stabilizing storage sub-devices includes a switch device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qitai Ji, Qingjun Lai, Xiao Li
  • Publication number: 20220107544
    Abstract: An optical element includes Strontium tetraborate SrB4O7 (SBO) crystal plates that are cooperatively configured to create a periodic structure for quasi-phase-matching (QPM) is used in the final frequency converting stage of a laser assembly to generate laser output light having a wavelength in the range of 125 nm to 183 nm. One or more fundamental light beams having fundamental wavelengths between 1 and 1.1 ?m are doubled and/or summed using multiple intermediate frequency conversion stages to generate one or more intermediate light beam frequencies (e.g., second through eighth harmonics, or sums thereof), and then the final frequency converting stage utilizes the optical element to either double a single intermediate light beam frequency or to sum two intermediate light beam frequencies to generate the desired laser output light at high power and photon energy levels. A method and inspection system incorporating the laser assembly is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yung-Ho Alex Chuang, Yinying Xiao-Li, Elena Loginova, John Fielden, Baigang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220108947
    Abstract: A method of forming a microelectronic device includes forming a microelectronic device structure. The microelectronic device structure includes a stack structure comprising insulative structures and electrically conductive structures vertically alternating with the insulative structures, pillar structures extending vertically through the stack structure, an etch stop material vertically overlaying the stack structure, and a first dielectric material vertically overlying the etch stop material. The method further includes removing portions of the first dielectric material, the etch stop material, and an upper region of the stack structure to form a trench interposed between horizontally neighboring groups of the pillar structures, forming a liner material within the trench, and substantially filling a remaining portion of the trench with a second dielectric material to form a dielectric barrier structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shuangqiang Luo, Indra V. Chary, Nancy M. Lomeli, Xiao Li
  • Patent number: 11294538
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving a first set of media content items, a first media content item of the first set of media content items having associated first time data and a first content metadata, generating an overlay icon component associated with the first time data and the first content metadata, and causing the overlay icon component to be displayed overlaid on top of each of the first media content item. The systems and methods are also provided for determining a second set of media content items that each comprise a time data and a content metadata that matches the first time data and the first content metadata. The systems and method also include generating a timeline content collection, which includes the second set of media items displaying the media content collection in a media content collection interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Collins, Benedict Copping, Justin Huang, Xiao Li
  • Publication number: 20220074915
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device and a method for preparing natural gas hydrate under controlled temperature and pressure, which relates to the technical field of rock and soil mechanics test technology and equipment. The device includes a three-axis cylinder outer tube, a temperature adjustment system, a pressure loading system, a gas supply system and a recovery system. The three-axis cylinder outer tube is provided with an accommodating cavity throughout its middle, and the accommodating cavity is provided with an end cover of the three-axis cylinder outer tube at each end thereof. The temperature adjustment system is used to adjust the temperature of the three-axis cylinder outer tube. The pressure loading system is used to apply pressure load to the accommodating cavity. The gas supply system is used to supply a high-pressure gas into the accommodating cavity. The recovery system is used to recover the moisture and gas in the accommodating cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jianming He, Yanfang Wu, Jian Huo, Zhaobin Zhang, Shouding Li, Xiao Li
  • Patent number: 11271656
    Abstract: A method in which a plurality of transmit signals are generated at data rates that are offset from each other to minimize detectable electromagnetic interference at a particular frequency. The method further includes converting each transmit signal to a corresponding optical transmit signal of a plurality of optical transmit signals for transmission via a corresponding channel of a plurality of channels of an optical network device and transmitting the plurality of optical transmit signals via respective ones of the plurality of channels for transmission on respective optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jianquan Lou, Alpesh Umakant Bhobe, Hailong Zhang, Xiao Li, Guangcao Fu
  • Patent number: 11254186
    Abstract: A heat pump air conditioner assembly for an electric vehicle and a control method thereof, and an electric vehicle with the heat pump air conditioner assembly for the electric vehicle are provided. The heat pump air conditioner assembly includes a heat pump air conditioning system and a HVAC box body. An in-vehicle heat exchanger of the heat pump air conditioning system is located in the HVAC box body. An auxiliary heater is also arranged in the HVAC box body. The auxiliary heater is located at a leeward side of the in-vehicle heat exchanger. The heat pump air conditioning system is provided with a defrosting branch connecting with a refrigerant outlet of an external heat exchanger and a suction port of a compressor. When the heat pump air conditioning system is in a defrosting mode, the HVAC box body supplies air to the vehicle, the auxiliary heater is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Gree Electric Appliances (Wuhan) Co., Ltd, Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Junfeng Li, Huaying Chen, Lei Han, Xiao Li, Aibin Guo
  • Patent number: 11255797
    Abstract: Strontium tetraborate can be used as an optical material. Strontium tetraborate exhibits high refractive indices, high optical damage threshold, and high microhardness. The transmission window of strontium tetraborate covers a very broad range of wavelengths, from 130 nm to 3200 nm, making the material particularly useful at VUV wavelengths. An optical component made of strontium tetraborate can be incorporated in an optical system, such as a semiconductor inspection system, a metrology system, or a lithography system. These optical components may include mirrors, lenses, lens arrays, prisms, beam splitters, windows, lamp cells or Brewster-angle optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KLA Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Ho Alex Chuang, Yinying Xiao-Li, Elena Loginova, John Fielden
  • Publication number: 20220051765
    Abstract: Systems for weather sensing and forecasting, and associated devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a system for predicting a subject's perception of weather conditions is provided. The system can generate an individual profile for the subject, the individual profile including health information of the subject. The system can receive weather data including a first weather condition for a target location. The system can compare the individual profile to a plurality of different user profiles to identify one or more similar user profiles. Each similar user profile can (1) be associated with a user having similar health information as the subject, and (2) include weather perception data indicating how the user perceived a set of second weather conditions. Based on the weather data and the similar user profile(s), the system can generate a prediction of the how the subject will perceive the first weather condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Libo Wang, Xiao Li, Bethany M. Grentz, Sumana Adusumilli, Carla L. Christensen
  • Publication number: 20220043636
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for extending, customizing and validating a simulation-based digital twin model is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device transmits a model to a client, where the model is a simulation-based digital twin model. In addition, the device receives a customization to the model, the where the customization adds a functionality to the model. Furthermore, the device deploys the model in a model platform, where the model is used in a simulation with the model platform and the model is coupled with the model platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Adriano Kurz MARON, Xiao LI, Sameer KHER
  • Publication number: 20220045075
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a source structure, and having a stack of alternating conductive levels and insulative levels over the source structure. Cell-material-pillars pass through the stack. The cell-material-pillars are arranged within a configuration which includes a first memory-block-region and a second memory-block-region. The cell-material-pillars include channel material which is electrically coupled with the source structure. Memory cells are along the conductive levels and include regions of the cell-material-pillars. A panel is between the first and second memory-block-regions. The panel has a first material configured as a container shape. The container shape defines opposing sides and a bottom of a cavity. The panel has a second material within the cavity. The second material is compositionally different from the first material. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan D. Greenlee, Nancy M. Lomeli, John D. Hopkins, Jiewei Chen, Indra V. Chary, Jun Fang, Vladimir Samara, Kaiming Luo, Rita J. Klein, Xiao Li, Vinayak Shamanna
  • Patent number: D944399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG QIANGNAO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bicheng Han, Molei Wu, Xiao Li, Junlin Wang