Patents by Inventor Xu Liu

Xu Liu 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: 20190120816
    Abstract: Described herein are nanopore devices as well as methods for assembling a nanopore device including one or more nanopores that can be used to detect molecules such as nucleic acids, amino acids (proteins), and the like. Specifically, a nanopore device includes an insulating layer that reduces electrical noise and thereby improves the sensing resolution of the one or more nanopores integrated within the nanopore device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Xu Liu, Yuning Zhang, William B. Dunbar
  • Publication number: 20190086745
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an array substrate, an array substrate and a display device. The method includes: disposing, on a substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors arranged in an array; depositing a first transparent electrode layer on the substrate and processing the first transparent electrode layer by using a first pattern process, so as to form a plurality of first electrodes connected with drains of the film transistors, and a connecting electrode connecting adjacent ones of the first electrodes; disposing a functional structure on a side of the first transparent electrode layer that is away from the substrate; and processing the connecting electrode by using a second pattern process and disconnecting the connecting electrode, so as to form a convex connection on an edge of the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Lei SU, Xiaofei YANG, Xu LIU, Xinghua LI
  • Publication number: 20190056815
    Abstract: A touch screen and a touch device are provided. The touch screen includes a substrate and a plurality of touch electrodes on the substrate arranged at a same layer and in a matrix. Each of the plurality of touch electrode includes at least two sub-electrode wires, and the at least two sub-electrode wires are connected in sequence to form a polyline-shape. The substrate includes a plurality of sub-regions, each of the plurality of sub-region includes at least one touch electrode, and the at least one touch electrodes at a same sub-region are of an identical pattern. The plurality of sub-regions includes at least two sub-regions, and respective touch electrodes of the at least two sub-regions are of different patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haoyuan FAN, Xu LIU, Fengzhi ZHU, Xiang YU
  • Publication number: 20190025969
    Abstract: A single-layer touch display panel and a device. The single-layer touch display panel includes a plurality of single-layer touch units and a plurality of display units. Each of the plurality of display units includes a red sub-pixel column, a green sub-pixel column and a blue sub-pixel column which are arranged side by side. Each of the plurality of single-layer touch units includes a transmitting electrode and a sensing electrode, which are adjacent to each other. Along a thickness direction of the single-layer touch display panel, an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of single-layer touch units respectively falls into an orthographic projection of one of the plurality of display units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Xu LIU, Gang ZHOU, Limiao WANG, Mingzhou GUO
  • Publication number: 20190004674
    Abstract: A method for indicating a jack location, where the method includes detecting an illuminance value of an environment in which a terminal is located, detecting, by the terminal, second information when the terminal determines that the illuminance value is lower than a first predetermined threshold, and displaying, by the terminal, prompt information when the terminal determines that the second information meets a preset condition, where the prompt information is used to indicate a jack location. In this way, a user can easily and accurately find a jack location of a terminal device at a dark night or in a dim place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Xu Liu
  • Publication number: 20180288808
    Abstract: Provided are a random access method, apparatus and system. The method includes: receiving, by a user equipment, configuration information of a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) dedicated for a super real-time service and/or configuration information of a preamble dedicated for the super real-time service notified by a base station; and when the user equipment has the super real-time service and has a short Transmission Time Interval (TTI) support capability, by the user equipment, transmitting a preamble to the base station through a PRACH resource dedicated for the super real-time service or transmitting the preamble dedicated for the super real-time service to the base station according to the configuration information of the PRACH dedicated for the super real-time service and/or the configuration information of the preamble dedicated for the super real-time service, so as to trigger the base station to allocate a short TTI resource to the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Xu LIU, Qian DAI, Jianxun AI, Wei ZOU
  • Patent number: 10078351
    Abstract: In an electronic device, a lift structure, composed by electromagnets, magnetic components, and support piece, is disposed at a rear end of an electronic part and a housing. The magnetic components can be permanent magnets and disposed at the rear end of the electronic part and the support piece. The electromagnets are controlled by driving device to a configuration so as to have repulsion and attraction to the rear end and to the support piece respectively, thereby configuring the rear end to a lifted position, or to another configuration so as to have attraction and repulsion to the rear end and to the support piece respectively, thereby configuring the rear end to a retracted position. An adjusting component is further used to adjust the position of the electromagnet to determine the height of the rear end of the electronic part when set in the lifted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Shou-Lun Chang, JingYi Cao, Xu Liu
  • Patent number: 10018878
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate and a display device, relate to the field of electronic technology and reduce the problem of color shift occurred in the display device to a certain degree. The solution comprises: a first pixel unit corresponds to a red color resist, the first pixel unit comprising a first TFT channel formed between the source and the drain of a first TFT; a second pixel unit corresponds to a green color resist, the second pixel unit comprising a second TFT channel formed between the source and the drain of a second TFT; a third pixel unit corresponds to a blue color resist, the third pixel unit comprising a third TFT channel formed between the source and the drain of a third TFT; and a ratio of width to length of the third TFT channel is greater than that of the second TFT channel; or, the ratio of width to length of the third TFT channel is greater than that of the first TFT channel. This solution is applied to array substrates and display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xu Liu
  • Publication number: 20180154170
    Abstract: The invention, in some aspects, relates to methods to alter activity in cells and the use of such method to treat disorders and conditions. The methods involve, in part, expressing stimulus-activated opsin polypeptides in neurons involved in memory and behavior and activating the opsin polypeptides to modulate activity of cells in which they are expressed and/or cells to which the cells that express the opsin polypeptides project.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Susumu Tonegawa, Steve Ramirez Moreno, Joshua Kim, Xu Liu
  • Patent number: 9984649
    Abstract: An array substrate, a driving method thereof and a display device are disclosed. In the array substrate, one second scanning signal line is disposed at a position corresponding to the 2N+1)th row of sub-pixels or the (2N+2)th row of sub-pixels, or one second scanning signal line is disposed at a position corresponding to the (N+1)th row of sub-pixels; each first switching element is disposed in a corresponding sub-pixel; each second switching element is disposed in a corresponding sub-pixel group; each first scanning signal line is configured to control a plurality of first switching elements in one row of sub-pixels; and each second scanning signal line is configured to control a plurality of second switching elements in one row of sub-pixel groups. The display device can have resolution reduced by half or three fourth in the case of full screen display, and lowers drive power consumption of the display panel without affecting display brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanxia Xin, Xiaofei Yang, Huiguang Yang, Xu Liu
  • Patent number: 9876270
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a carrier and an antenna coupled to the carrier. The carrier has at least one end, at least one fixing hole formed on the end of the carrier, and at least one groove formed in the middle of the carrier. A manufacture method of the antenna structure and an electronic device using the antenna structure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Xu Liu, Yi Yang
  • Patent number: 9855722
    Abstract: A composite article includes a ceramic part, a plastic part, and an adhesive layer connecting the ceramic part to the plastic part. The adhesive layer includes polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, dibutyl phthalate, and sec-butyl acetate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Li-Hong Na, Xu Liu
  • Patent number: 9810663
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to devices and methods for containing molecules. In some embodiments, the device comprises a nanopore, a pore, and a cavity capable of entropically containing (e.g., trapping) a molecule (e.g., a biomolecule), e.g., for minutes, hours, or days. In certain embodiments, the method comprises urging a molecule into a cavity of a device by application of an electric field, and/or by deposition of fluids having different ionic strengths. The molecule may comprise, in some cases, nucleic acids (e.g., DNA). The molecule, when present in the cavity and/or the nanopore, may be capable of being analyzed, determined, or chemically modified. In some instances, a second molecule (e.g., a second molecule which interacts the first molecule) may also be urged into the cavity. In some embodiments, the interaction of the second molecule with the first molecule (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Brown University
    Inventors: Derek M. Stein, Xu Liu, Mirna Mihovilovic Skanata
  • Patent number: 9762499
    Abstract: Methods and systems for communicating with rate control. A communication is sent and received from a first device to a second device over a network, wherein the communication comprises at least one audio stream and a second communication stream. A capacity of the network is probed at the first device for the sending and receiving the communication. A presence of a voice in the at least one audio stream is detected at the first device via a voice activity detection of the at least one audio stream. A rate limit is set for the sending and receiving the communication at the first device based on the capacity of the network and the detection of the presence of the at least one audio stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: TangoMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Subbotin, Olivier Furon, Shaowei Su, Yevgeni Litvin, Xu Liu
  • Publication number: 20170242162
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a visible near-infrared ultra-broadband absorber and its preparation method, comprising a substrate and a five-layer optical film, wherein the bottom film is a bottom metal absorbing layer; a top germanium layer is provided on the top of the bottom metal absorbing layer; and remaining three layers are provided on the top of the top germanium layer with gradually decreasing refractive indexes from the bottom to the top. The present invention is based on the blocking effect of the metal absorbing layer and broadband anti-reflection film stack of the germanium layer, which has realized visible near-infrared ultra-broadband absorption with high efficiency and good angle insensitivity, and has fully surpassed traditional absorbers in terms of performances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: WEIDONG SHEN, CHENYING YANG, YUEGUANG ZHANG, BO FANG, XU LIU
  • Patent number: 9695945
    Abstract: A fine control gas valve is disclosed. The valve has a tee having first and second tee runs co-axially aligned on a longitudinal axis, and a tee branch oriented non-parallel to the longitudinal axis. A rotatable hand operator member cooperates with a threaded member and a sleeve to enable a valve to be adjustably positioned within the tee. Indicia on the valve may be used to help a user understand how a fluid flow through the valve will be affected by adjustments made by the rotatable hand operator member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas D. Colby, Louie Xu Liu
  • Publication number: 20170178383
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for producing a display material. The apparatus for producing the display material includes a rendering module and a producing module, where the rendering module renders a display material element, and then the producing module produces a display material according to the display material element rendered by the rendering module. Rendering of the display material is completed through a simple operation, thus production complexity of the display material is reduced, and meanwhile production cost of the display material is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: XU LIU, WEIMING ZHU, JIN HUANG, WEI MAO, DIANSHENG LU, QING LI, JINGUO ZHU, YI TANG
  • Publication number: 20170176383
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to devices and methods for containing molecules. In some embodiments, the device comprises a nanopore, a pore, and a cavity capable of entropically containing (e.g., trapping) a molecule (e.g., a biomolecule), e.g., for minutes, hours, or days. In certain embodiments, the method comprises urging a molecule into a cavity of a device by application of an electric field, and/or by deposition of fluids having different ionic strengths. The molecule may comprise, in some cases, nucleic acids (e.g., DNA). The molecule, when present in the cavity and/or the nanopore, may be capable of being analyzed, determined, or chemically modified. In some instances, a second molecule (e.g., a second molecule which interacts the first molecule) may also be urged into the cavity. In some embodiments, the interaction of the second molecule with the first molecule (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Brown University
    Inventors: Derek M. Stein, Xu Liu, Mirna Mihovilovic Skanata
  • Publication number: 20170169481
    Abstract: The present invention provides an Internet-based display material system and a method thereof, the system is applied at personal computer PC side, including: a page template module, configured to provide page design template of display material; an element component module, configured to provide design source material of the display material; an editing module, configured to edit the page design template of the display material and the design source material of the display material; a page processing module, configured to process page edited by the editing module; and a publishing module, configured to publish the display material processed by the page processing module to an Internet social networking platform. Through the system provided by the present invention, the user can conveniently design desired display material, and modify, update and publish the display material at any time, therefore, the system is time efficient and suitable for rapid development of the enterprise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: DIANSHENG LU, JIN HUANG, WEI MAO, WEIMING ZHU, XU LIU, YI TANG, QING LI, HENGHU CAO, JINGUO ZHU
  • Publication number: 20170169791
    Abstract: An array substrate, a driving method thereof and a display device are disclosed. In the array substrate, one second scanning signal line is disposed at a position corresponding to the (2N+1)th row of sub-pixels or the (2N+2)th row of sub-pixels, or one second scanning signal line is disposed at a position corresponding to the (N+1)th row of sub-pixels; each first switching element is disposed in a corresponding sub-pixel; each second switching element is disposed in a corresponding sub-pixel group; each first scanning signal line is configured to control a plurality of first switching elements in one row of sub-pixels; and each second scanning signal line is configured to control a plurality of second switching elements in one row of sub-pixel groups. The display device can have resolution reduced by half or three fourth in the case of full screen display, and lowers drive power consumption of the display panel without affecting display brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Yanxia XIN, Xiaofei YANG, Huiguang YANG, Xu LIU