Patents by Inventor Xiao Yan

Xiao Yan 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: 20140132470
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) antenna includes an antenna matching network, an antenna body, and a high frequency (HF) connector. The antenna matching network is used to electrically connect to a signal processing circuit. The antenna body is connected to the antenna matching network, the antenna body includes a bared area, the bared area is used to electrically connect to a conductive object and then to be grounded when the signal processing circuit is needed to be tested. The high frequency (HF) connector is electrically connected to the antenna body and is used to connect to a test device when the signal processing circuit is needed to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) LTD.
    Inventors: AI-NING SONG, XIAO-YAN LIU, CHO-JU CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20140122022
    Abstract: Processing time sequence data for multiple sensors, wherein the multiple sensors are divided into multiple sensor groups and each data comprises a time stamp and a value associated with the timestamp. The method comprises: receiving time series data from each sensor; assigning the time series data received to a sensor group to which the sensor belongs; storing time series data in a first database of a first memory, such that multiple time series data assigned to the same sensor group in the multiple sensor groups are stored in at least one database record of the first database; obtaining the time series data of each sensor among the multiple sensors from the first database; storing time series data in a second database of a second memory, such that the multiple time series data from the same sensor are stored in at least one database record of the second database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiao Yan Chen, Sheng Huang, Kai Liu, Chen Wang
  • Patent number: 8648834
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a low-power-consumption analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”) for a touchscreen or touch panel in a capacitive sensing system are disclosed. The ADC is configured to operate in a first mode or a second mode. The first mode is characterized by a first resolution having a first number of ADC bits and a first level of power consumption associated therewith. The second mode is characterized by a second resolution having a second number of bits and a second level of power consumption associated therewith. The ADC operates under control of the controller and is configured such that the first number of bits is greater than the second number of bits and the first power level is greater than the second power level. The controller causes the ADC to switch from operating in the first mode to operating in the second mode when low radio frequency (RF) noise conditions are detected by sense circuitry, the ADC and/or the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Pixart Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome D. Wong, Mercedes Gil, Zhi Zhong Huang, Xu Zhang, Xiao Yan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20140040276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processing of time series data. There is disclosed a method and apparatus for processing time series data, the method comprising: receiving a time series data set, wherein each element of the time series data set contains a timestamp and an original value associated with the timestamp, and times represented by all timestamps constitute a time series having fixed time intervals; converting each original value into a coded value occupying a smaller storage space, according to a predetermined monotone numerical compression coding scheme; dividing the times represented by all timestamps into a plurality of time intervals having a predetermined length; assembling coded values corresponding to all timestamps within each time interval into a data package such that the data package contains coded values arranged in an order of timestamps; and storing in a database record each data package and its associated identification of a time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao Yan Chen, Sheng Huang, Kai Liu, Chen Wang
  • Patent number: 8539579
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for spam short message detection. The method includes obtaining sending characteristics of at least two suspected short message sources, judging whether the two suspected short message sources have similar sending characteristics, and determining the two suspected short message sources as spammer if they have similar sending characteristics. A spammer that makes multiple short message sources send short messages alternately can be detected through similar sending characteristics of the short message sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao Yan Chen, Ping Pan, Chen Wang, Chun Ying, Yi Bo Zhang, Yanfeng Zhu
  • Patent number: 8479287
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for spam message detection. The method includes collecting time domain transmission characteristic of a message source; computing frequency domain transmission characteristic of the message source with the time domain transmission characteristic of the message source; and identifying the message source to be a spammer in response to the frequency domain transmission characteristic of the message source satisfying predefined criteria; wherein the steps of the method are carried out using a computer device. An apparatus and computer program product for carrying out the above method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao Yan Chen, Chen Wang, Chun Ying, Yi Bo Zhang, Yanfeng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20130007127
    Abstract: A method of determining a spammer includes acquiring, by a processor, short message events associated with a user and dividing them into a plurality of sessions in terms of time; building a social network of the user in each of the sessions, and calculating at least one type of social network characteristic in each of the sessions, respectively; and determining whether the user is a spammer or not according to the social network characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiao Yan Chen, Lei Shi, Chen Wang, Yi Bo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130007151
    Abstract: A system for determining a spammer includes a session division apparatus configured to acquire short message events associated with a user and divide them into a plurality of sessions in terms of time; a social network building and characteristic calculating apparatus configured to build a social network of the user in each of the sessions, and calculate at least one type of social network characteristic in each of the sessions, respectively; and a determination apparatus configured to determine whether the user is a spammer or not according to the social network characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiao Yan Chen, Lei Shi, Chen Wang, Yi Bo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120326097
    Abstract: Thermoelectric materials and methods of making thermoelectric materials having a nanometer mean grain size less than 1 micron. The method includes combining and arc melting constituent elements of the thermoelectric material to form a liquid alloy of the thermoelectric material and casting the liquid alloy of the thermoelectric material to form a solid casting of the thermoelectric material. The method also includes ball milling the solid casting of the thermoelectric material into nanometer mean size particles and sintering the nanometer size particles to form the thermoelectric material having nanometer scale mean grain size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: Trustees of Boston College, GMZ Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhifeng Ren, Xiao Yan, Giri Joshi, Gang Chen, Bed Poudel, James Christopher Caylor
  • Publication number: 20120293444
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a low-power-consumption analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”) for a touchscreen or touch panel in a capacitive sensing system are disclosed. The ADC is configured to operate in a first mode or a second mode. The first mode is characterized by a first resolution having a first number of ADC bits and a first level of power consumption associated therewith. The second mode is characterized by a second resolution having a second number of bits and a second level of power consumption associated therewith. The ADC operates under control of the controller and is configured such that the first number of bits is greater than the second number of bits and the first power level is greater than the second power level. The controller causes the ADC to switch from operating in the first mode to operating in the second mode when low radio frequency (RF) noise conditions are detected by sense circuitry, the ADC and/or the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Avago Technologies ECBU IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jerome D. Wong, Mercedes Gil, Zhi Zhong Huang, Xu Zhang, Xiao Yan Zheng
  • Patent number: 8299843
    Abstract: A three-pole three-throw switch and a communication device employing the three-pole three-throw switch includes six diodes and six inductors. The six diodes are connected in series with a same direction. Common nodes of each two diodes form three poles and three throws. The three poles and the three throws are linked together in circular form. The three poles and the three throws receive control signals via the six inductor, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Ambit Microsystems (Shanghai) Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ai-Ning Song, Xiao-Yan Liu, Su-Qin Li
  • Publication number: 20120221828
    Abstract: The invention relates to retrieving data from a storage system. One embodiment of the invention comprises receiving a write operation, establishing a correspondence relationship between a logic block address and a physical block address of the write operation, and determining whether a valid data percentage in a mapping table is greater than a predetermined threshold after the correspondence relationship is added in stored metadata. In response to the valid data percentage being less than the predetermined threshold, the embodiment adds the correspondence relationship to a B-tree data structure of stored metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Fang, Hui X. Gu, Xiao Yan Li, Fan G. Zeng
  • Publication number: 20120142593
    Abstract: A Factor VIII fusion protein or a Factor VIII fusion heterodimer comprising Factor VIII in which an amino acid sequence of a modulator is present in the B-domain, or an amino acid sequence of a modulator replaces some or all of the amino acid sequence of the B-domain is disclosed. Nucleic acids encoding the inventive fusion proteins and fusion heterodimers are also disclosed, as are methods for producing the fusion proteins and fusion heterodimers, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating deficiencies in coagulation with the inventive fusion molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Xiao-Yan Zhao, Peter John Kretschmer, Thomas Eugene Thompson, Douglas W. Schneider, John Edward Murphy
  • Publication number: 20120119818
    Abstract: A three-pole three-throw switch and a communication device employing the three-pole three-throw switch includes six diodes and six inductors. The six diodes are connected in series with a same direction. Common nodes of each two diodes form three poles and three throws. The three poles and the three throws are linked together in circular form. The three poles and the three throws receive control signals via the six inductor, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) LTD.
    Inventors: AI-NING SONG, XIAO-YAN LIU, SU-QIN LI
  • Publication number: 20120117575
    Abstract: A system for opening a target file including target data based on a file location and the method thereof are provided. By selecting target data in a target file, the invention extracts the target data in the target file and obtains the file location of the target file. After using the target data as an index to store the file location of the target file, the invention provides the target data and the filename of the target file for browsing. After a filename is selected, the invention opens the target file based on the file location including the filename. The disclosed system and method can then extract target data without reviewing all files again, and achieve the effect of extracting target data from a large amount of data quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Xiao Yan Xu
  • Publication number: 20120055867
    Abstract: Disclosed is a membrane surface modification method. The method is applicable to a variety of hydrophobic membranes by doping selected inorganic particles. One act of the method involves the in-situ embedment of the inorganic particles onto the membrane surface by dispersing the particles in a non-solvent bath for polymer precipitation. Further membrane surface modification can be achieved by hydrothermally growing new inorganic phase on the embedded particles. The embedment of particles is for the subsequent phase growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Kaimin Shih, Xiao-Yan Li, Xiao-Mao Wang, Tong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110255262
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding enclosure includes a main body for enclosing a mounting region of a printed circuit board, a plurality of fixing fins, and a number of resilient fins. The fixing fins and resilient fins extend out from edges of the main body. Each of the resilient fins has a protrusion formed thereon. The fixing fins are configured for being fixedly attached the main body on the PCB in a manner that ensures the main body encloses the mounting region and the protrusions resiliently contact with a grounding region of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YAO-CHE PENG, XIAO-YAN LI
  • Patent number: 8015195
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a computer-implemented method for modifying an entry name in a directory database. The method comprises the steps of: modifying, in response to a request for modifying operation of entry names, entry mapping information in accordance with the modification that is requested for modifying operation of entry names, wherein each piece of entry mapping information is used for indicating the correspondence relation between pre-modification entry name information and post-modification entry name information; asynchronously performing modifying operation of a corresponding entry name in accordance with respective pieces of entry mapping information when a predetermined condition for updating the directory database is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chen Wang, Zhi Guo Gao, Ling Jin, Xiao Yan Chen
  • Patent number: 7986533
    Abstract: A shielding assembly comprises at least two shielding modules, each comprising a frame and a cover mounted on the frame. Each of the at least two covers comprises a plurality of engaging portions and a plurality of slots between each two adjacent engaging portions, and one portion of one of the at least two frames abuts one portion of another of the at least two frames. Each of the plurality of engaging portions of one of the at least two covers is received in a corresponding slot of another of the at least two covers to connect the at least two shielding covers to form a cover to reduce electromagnetic interference for an electronic components positioned on a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Jia Ren, Xiao-Yan Qin
  • Patent number: 7974107
    Abstract: A hybrid constant current control system that uses both pulse width modulation (PWM) and pulse frequency modulation (PFM) control. When transitioning from constant voltage mode to constant current mode the present invention can continue to control using PWM. Thereafter, when the voltage has dropped, the present invention smoothly transitions to PFM mode. The point of transition is based upon the switching frequency and the lowest rated voltage of operation. The system and method avoids very short (narrow) Ton times which ensures accurate constant current (CC) control with bipolar junction transistor (BJT) devices. The present invention also avoids acoustic noise because the switching frequency is maintained at a high enough level to avoid such acoustic noise even when the energy transferred through the transformer is still substantial and the output voltage is not too low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: iWatt Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Li, Junjie Zheng, Liang Yan, John Kesterson, Xiao Yan Wang