Patents by Inventor Xiaofeng Tao
Xiaofeng Tao 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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Patent number: 12250051Abstract: An electronic device and method for wireless communication, the method including detecting a beam quality of a currently serving beam; starting a prediction window when the detected beam quality is within a particular range, and evaluating the beam quality of the currently serving beam within the prediction window.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Xu, Wenjing Ren, Dongru Li, Hang Yang, Xiaofeng Tao, Jianfei Cao
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Publication number: 20250018443Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus provided by the present invention comprises a rotary shaft, a chuck arranged on the top of the rotary shaft for retaining the wafer, a fixed shaft coaxially passed through the rotary shaft, and an upper end cover and a lower end cover that block the top and bottom of the fixed shaft respectively. Wherein, the fixed shaft is a hollow shaft with at least one circle of exhaust holes provided on the wall of the fixed shaft. The lower end cover is arranged with a gas inlet port, through which a protective gas is provided to the interior of the fixed shaft. The protective gas forms a positive pressure in the annular space between the fixed shaft and the rotary shaft through the at least one circle of exhaust holes. The present invention provides positive pressure protective gas to the spacing between the fixed shaft and the rotary shaft by opening exhaust holes on the wall of the fixed shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: ACM RESEARCH (SHANGHAI), INC.Inventors: Xideng He, Yang Han, Zhaoming Zhong, Tianyu Huang, Yunxiang Zhao, Xiaofeng Tao, Xinping Deng, Shena Jia, Hui Wang
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Publication number: 20240422855Abstract: Provided are a wireless protocol stack framework and a communication method based on a wireless protocol framework. The wireless protocol stack framework includes a sending end and a receiving end. The sending end includes a first channel maintenance module and a first data processing module. The receiving end includes a second data processing module and a second channel maintenance module.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Qimei Cui, Xiyu Zhao, Yingze Wang, Xiong Li, Yanzhao Hou, Xiaofeng Tao, Ping Zhang
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Publication number: 20240365303Abstract: An electronic device at a network side serves as a first user equipment and a second user equipment. The electronic device includes a processing circuit and is configured to: determine the second user equipment to share a channel occupy time (COT) of the first user equipment on a time domain, wherein the first user equipment and the second user equipment send uplink information to the electronic device in the COT of the first user equipment using orthogonal frequency domain resources; and generate frequency domain resource indication information of the second user equipment to indicate a frequency domain resource for the second user equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Qimei CUI, Jing LIU, Tao CUI, Xiaofeng TAO
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Publication number: 20240363370Abstract: A drying apparatus is based on supercritical fluid. The drying apparatus includes: an upper cover; a base, arranged below the upper cover and the base and the upper cover; a substrate tray, arranged on the base; a first fluid supply tube, arranged on the top wall of the upper cover; a fluid disturbance plate, arranged below the first fluid supply tube; a second fluid supply tube, arranged on a first side wall of the upper cover; and a fluid discharge tube, arranged on a second side wall of the upper cover. The inner space of the closed chamber can be minimized by using the drying apparatus, thereby saving the usage amount of the supercritical fluid, and reducing the usage costs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: ACM RESEARCH (SHANGHAI), INC.Inventors: Hui Wang, Shena Jia, Xiaofeng Tao, Bin He, Xin Zhao, Yingnan Sun, Bin Li, Jun Wang, Jian Wang, Fuping Chen, Xiaoyan Zhang, Zhenming Chu, Deyun Wang
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Publication number: 20240347361Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a flipping apparatus, comprising a bracket body, a rotary driver, and a clamping apparatus, a plurality of partition plates being formed on inner side surfaces of two side walls of the bracket body, a carrier slot for the placement of a wafer being formed between each two adjacent partition plates, and rotating shafts being formed on outer side surfaces of the two side walls of the bracket body. The rotary driver is connected to at least one rotating shaft to drive the bracket body to rotate, and the clamping apparatus is disposed on the side wall of the bracket body and is used for pressing or releasing the wafers placed in the carrier slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: ACM RESEARCH (SHANGHAI), INC.Inventors: He Wang, Yazhou Li, Shena Jia, Xiaofeng Tao, Hui Wang
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Patent number: 12113738Abstract: An apparatus and method in a wireless communication system and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to: configure a sounding reference signal (SRS) mapping structure for a user equipment on the basis of at least the number of antenna ports of the user equipment and the number of transmitting beams and/or receiving beams to be scanned; and notify the user equipment of the SRS mapping structure, wherein the SRS mapping structure at least comprises SRS resource settings for achieving uplink beam management and channel state information (CSI) acquisition at the same time, thereby reducing the system time delay and improving the uplink resource utilization rate.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Xu, Dongru Li, Hang Yang, Xiaofeng Tao, Jianfei Cao
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Publication number: 20240313892Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable medium. According to one embodiment, the electronic device used for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to send data and information related to retransmission of the data to a target user equipment by means of a sidelink. The processing circuit is further configured to control operation for the retransmission of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yanzhao HOU, Min ZHU, Lei GAO, Xin GUO, Chen SUN, Bing WANG, Xiaofeng TAO
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Publication number: 20240314815Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are a management electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a member electronic device and a method for wireless communication. The management electronic device for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to: select a bandwidth part (BWP) resource from a plurality of BWPs, so as to determine a multicast BWP used for multicast communication between the management electronic device and a plurality of member electronic devices in a group to which the management electronic device belongs, and/or a unicast BWP used for unicast communication between predetermined member electronic device pairs in the plurality of member electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yanzhao HOU, Xiaofeng TAO, Yinan GUO, Chengrui WANG, Yang WEN, Xiaoxue WANG, Chen SUN
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Patent number: 12074672Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic device for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to conduct control so as to send a reference signal for a direct link to the other user equipment or to receive same from the other user equipment; the processing circuit is also configured to conduct control so as to carry out beamforming-based direct link communication with the other user equipment; and at least one of a sending beam and a receiving beam for direct link communication is determined based on the measurement of the reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yanzhao Hou, Xiaofeng Tao, Zhaoqi Peng, Xin Guo, Yuming Liu, Min Zhu, Wei Ren
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Patent number: 12075262Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for wireless communication and a computer-readable storage medium. An electronic device comprising: a processing circuit configured to: generate, where a user equipment accesses an unauthorized frequency band successfully, an indication representing whether sharing a channel occupancy time of the user equipment with other user equipment is permitted; and send the indication to a base station or the other user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Qimei Cui, Bowen Cai, Tao Cui, Xiaofeng Tao
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Publication number: 20240282644Abstract: A deviation measurement device, which is used for measuring the deviation between the center (O) of a substrate (W) and a standard center (O?), and comprises a reference arm (101), a moving arm (103) and a first linear module (102), wherein the moving arm (103) is provided with a first positioning claw (104), and the first positioning claw (104) is used for abutting against two points on an edge of the substrate (W); the reference arm (101) is provided with a second positioning claw (105), and the second positioning claw (105) is used for abutting against two points on the edge of the substrate (W); and the moving arm (103) is arranged opposite the reference arm (101).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: ACM RESEARCH (SHANGHAI), INC.Inventors: Hui Wang, Wenbo Liu, Han Han, Shena Jia, Xiaofeng Tao
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Publication number: 20240266192Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention is a substrate heating apparatus, comprising a holding unit, a rotating unit, a heating unit, and a control unit. The heating unit comprises multiple fluid supply pipes and multiple groups of fluid cartridges, a substrate region heated by the fluid cartridges in the same group is a circular ring or a circle, and substrate regions heated by the fluid cartridges in different groups are not overlapped with each other and are concentric. The control unit can measure and adjust the temperatures of the substrate regions in real time. Because the structure of the heating unit is optimally designed and the control unit is added, the substrate heating apparatus of the present invention can adjust the temperatures of the regions on the substrate in real time, so that the temperatures of the regions on the substrate tend to be consistent, and high substrate heating efficiency and high temperature adjustment response speed are achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: ACM RESEARCH (SHANGHAI), INC.Inventors: Hui Wang, Yinxiao Lu, Shena Jia, Xiaofeng Tao, Yang Han
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Patent number: 12040900Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable medium. According to one embodiment, the electronic device used for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to send data and information related to retransmission of the data to a target user equipment by means of a sidelink. The processing circuit is further configured to control operation for the retransmission of the data.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yanzhao Hou, Min Zhu, Lei Gao, Xin Guo, Chen Sun, Bing Wang, Xiaofeng Tao
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Publication number: 20240155593Abstract: The present invention relates to a user equipment, an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a storage medium. The user equipment according to the present invention comprises a processing circuit configured to: select G transmit beam groups from K transmit beams of a network side device; and sending information about the selected G transmit beam groups to the network side device, wherein each of the G transmit beam groups comprises N transmit beams, the user equipment is capable of simultaneously receiving downlink information that the network side device sends by using the N transmit beams, and K, N, G are all integers greater than 1. The use of the user equipment, the electronic device, the wireless communication method, and the storage medium according to the present invention can improve beam selection process in a system that uses a beamforming technique.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Jin XU, Dongru LI, Wenjing REN, Xiaofeng TAO, Jianfei CAO
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Publication number: 20240121771Abstract: A scheduling electronic device is used for selecting a candidate time-frequency resource set required for communication of a predetermined electronic device in the group to which the scheduling electronic device belongs; and the scheduling electronic device comprises a processing circuit, and the processing circuit is configured to: receive, from at least one member electronic device located in an overlapping region between said group and other groups, a cooperative sensing result obtained by sensing a time-frequency resource by the at least one member electronic device during at least a portion of a cooperative resource sensing window, so as to assist the scheduling electronic device in selecting a candidate time-frequency resource set, the cooperative resource sensing window being a time period for the at least one member electronic device to perform the assistance so as to sense the time-frequency resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yanzhao HOU, Xiaofeng TAO, Yang WEN, Chengrui WANG, Yinan GUO, Xiaoxue WANG, Chen SUN
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Publication number: 20240105496Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate supporting apparatus having a spin chuck and a plurality of locating pins. The spin chuck configured to support and rotate a substrate has a supporting surface. The locating pins are disposed at the periphery of the supporting surface for limiting the substrate horizontal displacement. The supporting surface defines a first annular region. The first annular region is divided into a plurality of pin regions and a plurality of non-pin regions. The pin regions and the non-pin regions are arranged alternatively in a circumferential direction of the first annular region. Each of the pin regions is corresponding to one locating pin. A plurality of Bernoulli holes are set in the first annular region and is configured as an uneven structure in the first annular region so as to supply stronger gas flow in the pin regions than in the non-pin regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: ACM RESEARCH (SHANGHAI), INC.Inventors: Hui Wang, Feng Liu, Xiaofeng Tao, Shena Jia, Fuping Chen, Haibo Hu, Yang Liu
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Publication number: 20240080155Abstract: An apparatus and method in a wireless communication system and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to: configure a sounding reference signal (SRS) mapping structure for a user equipment on the basis of at least the number of antenna ports of the user equipment and the number of transmitting beams and/or receiving beams to be scanned; and notify the user equipment of the SRS mapping structure, wherein the SRS mapping structure at least comprises SRS resource settings for achieving uplink beam management and channel state information (CSI) acquisition at the same time, thereby reducing the system time delay and improving the uplink resource utilization rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Jin XU, Dongru LI, Hang YANG, Xiaofeng TAO, Jianfei CAO
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Patent number: 11909688Abstract: An apparatus and method in a wireless communication system, and a computer-readable storage medium The method comprises: determining, based on at least one or more of resource set configuration information, physical channel information, and service type information, configuration information of one or more parameter sets for a sidelink communication; and controlling a base station to send the determined configuration information of the one or more parameter sets to a user equipment so that the user equipment performs sidelink communication on the basis of the one or more parameter sets, the parameter set comprising at least a subcarrier interval and a cyclic prefix type. The method can flexibly configure the parameter set used for the sidelink communication in NR so as to improve the communication performance of the sidelink communication and meet higher requirements on a series of indicators in an NR scene such as the delay and the system stability.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yanzhao Hou, Xiaofeng Tao, Yuming Liu, Xin Guo, Zhaoqi Peng, Min Zhu
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Patent number: 11856427Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wireless communication electronic device and method, and a computer-readable storage medium. Said electronic device comprises: a processing circuit, configured to: determine whether there is a need to currently execute measurement of a first channel busy ratio (CBR) on a first resource pool of a sidelink in the long term evolution (LTE) and measurement of a second CBR on a second resource pool of a sidelink in the new radio (NR) radio access technology; and having determined that the first CBR measurement and the second CBR measurement need to be executed currently, executing the first CBR measurement and/or the second CBR measurement at least on the basis of CBR coexistence measurement configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yanzhao Hou, Xiaofeng Tao, Min Zhu, Xin Guo, Zhaoqi Peng, Lei Gao