Patents by Inventor Yi-An Lu

Yi-An Lu 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: 11968792
    Abstract: A chassis with built-in handles which do not add to dimensional clearance required for the chassis to be placed in a cavity includes a side plate, a mounting unit, and a handle. A mounting groove is defined on the side plate. The mounting unit is coupled to the side plate. The handle is partially clamped by the side plate and the mounting unit, and rotatably coupled with the side plate. By rotating the handle, the handle can be stored at least flush in the mounting groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Hu Lu, Li-Yi Yin, Shu-Tong Wang
  • Patent number: 11965833
    Abstract: A detection device includes a frame, a transport mechanism, detection mechanisms, and a grasping mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a feeding line, a first flow line, and a second flow line arranged in parallel on the frame. The detection mechanisms are arranged on the frame and located on two sides of the transport mechanism. The grasping mechanism is arranged on the frame and used to transport workpieces on the feeding line to the detection mechanisms, transport qualified workpieces to the first flow line, and transport unqualified workpieces to the second flow line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing-Zhi Hou, Lin-Hui Cheng, Yan-Chao Ma, Jin-Cai Zhou, Zi-Long Ma, Neng-Neng Zhang, Yi Chen, Chen-Xi Tang, Meng Lu, Peng Zhou, Ling-Hui Zhang, Lu-Hui Fan, Shi-Gang Xu, Cheng-Yi Chao, Liang-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 11967906
    Abstract: A hybrid power conversion circuit includes a high-side switch, a low-side switch, a transformer, a resonance tank, a first switch, a second switch, a first synchronous rectification switch, a second synchronous rectification switch, and a third switch. The resonance tank has an external inductor, an external capacitance, and an internal inductor. The first switch is connected to the external inductor. The second switch and a first capacitance form a series-connected path, and is connected to the external capacitance. The first and second synchronous rectification switches are respectively coupled to a first winding and a second winding. The third switch is connected to the second synchronous rectification switch. When an output voltage is less than a voltage interval, the hybrid power conversion circuit operates in a hybrid flyback conversion mode, and otherwise the hybrid power conversion circuit operates in a resonance conversion mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Sheng-Yu Wen, Cheng-Yi Lin, Ting-Yun Lu
  • Patent number: 11966006
    Abstract: A cable detection system for detecting an end of a cable having a plurality of exposed different sections includes an illumination device and a camera. The illumination device emits an illuminating light to the end of the cable. The illumination device simultaneously emits a parallel light and a diffuse light to the end of the cable. The camera captures an image of the end of the cable. The parallel light sharpens a boundary between the different sections of the cable in the image, and the diffuse light clarifies a surface of the different sections in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Sonny O. Osunkwo, Sai Tarun Kosaraju, Cong Lin, Tianshu Wu
  • Publication number: 20240127408
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to an adaptive deformable kernel prediction network for image de-noising. An embodiment of a method for de-noising an image by a convolutional neural network implemented on a compute engine, the image including a plurality of pixels, the method comprising: for each of the plurality of pixels of the image, generating a convolutional kernel having a plurality of kernel values for the pixel; generating a plurality of offsets for the pixel respectively corresponding to the plurality of kernel values, each of the plurality of offsets to indicate a deviation from a pixel position of the pixel; determining a plurality of deviated pixel positions based on the pixel position of the pixel and the plurality of offsets; and filtering the pixel with the convolutional kernel and pixel values of the plurality of deviated pixel positions to obtain a de-noised pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anbang Yao, Ming Lu, Yikai Wang, Xiaoming Chen, Junjie Huang, Tao Lv, Yuanke Luo, Yi Yang, Feng Chen, Zhiming Wang, Zhiqiao Zheng, Shandong Wang
  • Publication number: 20240124298
    Abstract: Microelectromechanical devices and methods of manufacture are presented. Embodiments include bonding a mask substrate to a first microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device. After the bonding has been performed, the mask substrate is patterned. A first conductive pillar is formed within the mask substrate, and a second conductive pillar is formed within the mask substrate, the second conductive pillar having a different height from the first conductive pillar. The mask substrate is then removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yun-Chung Wu, Jhao-Yi Wang, Hao Chun Yang, Pei-Wei Lee, Wen-Hsiung Lu
  • Publication number: 20240124680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for stably storing an isocyanate composition, the stably stored isocyanate composition, and a polyurethane resin prepared from the isocyanate composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Sichang Lu, Guobin Sun, Yi Qing Li, Youngming Gu
  • Publication number: 20240126077
    Abstract: An optical assembly for a head-up display on a projection surface includes an imaging device, which includes at least one imaging unit, and at least one wavefront manipulator arranged in a beam path between the imaging device and the projection surface. The optical assembly is configured to generate virtual depictions in at least two different image planes, wherein the imaging device has at least a first region and a second region, wherein the imaging device and the wavefront manipulator are configured, in combination, to generate virtual depictions in a first image plane out of images generated in the first region of the imaging device and to generate virtual depictions in a second image plane out of images generated in the second region of the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yi Zhong-Schipp, Siemen Kühl, Xiang Lu, Marc Junghans
  • Publication number: 20240125340
    Abstract: A locking assembly can lock a workpiece. The workpiece includes a locking hole. The locking assembly includes a housing, a movable component, and an unlocking handle. The movable component includes a sleeve, a pin, and an unlocking cover. The sleeve is mounted on the housing. The pin is accommodated in the sleeve, and a portion of the pin protrudes from the housing and accommodated in the locking hole. The unlocking cover is fixed to the pin. The unlocking handle is disposed between the unlocking cover and the sleeve. The unlocking cover can be pulled from a first direction to move the pin out of the locking hole; or the unlocking handle can be pulled from a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and the unlocking handle can abut against the unlocking cover to drive the pin to move out of the locking hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: WEN-HU LU, LI-YI YIN, SHU-TONG WANG
  • Patent number: 11953521
    Abstract: Provided is a probe card, comprising a guide plate and a shielding structure of single-layer or multi-layer. The guide plate comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, and at least one guide hole passing through the upper surface and the lower surface, and the guide hole is provided with an inner wall surface. At least one layer of the shielding structure is made of an electromagnetic absorption material or an electromagnetic reflection material, and the shielding structure is not connected to a ground. Each layer of the shielding structure is formed on the inner wall surface of the guide hole by means of atomic layer deposition or atomic layer etching, and a thickness of each layer is less than 1000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BAO HONG SEMI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao-Cheng Ting, Li-Hong Lu, Huai-Yi Wang, Lung-Chuan Tsai
  • Publication number: 20240109436
    Abstract: A battery pack and a vehicle are provided. The battery pack is configured to provide electric energy required by the vehicle under different operating conditions. The battery pack includes a task manager, a first battery unit and a second battery unit. The first battery unit and the second battery unit respectively respond to a different operating state of a load and provide the electric energy required under the control of the task manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ke ZHANG, Congji E, Zizhu GUO, Yi PAN, Zhipei LU
  • Publication number: 20240110776
    Abstract: A detection device adapted to verify or determine a welding quality includes a housing, a moving assembly, a mounting bracket, and a rotating assembly. The moving assembly is movably installed on the housing and is adapted to be moved up and down in a vertical direction. The mounting bracket is fixed to the housing. The rotating assembly includes a rotating member rotatably connected to the mounting bracket and movably connected to the moving assembly, and a contact probe fixed to the rotating member. The contact probe is adapted to make sliding contact with a second component welded on a first component and to push the moving assembly to move in the vertical direction through the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Xuyan Yu, Haoquan Yao, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20240109337
    Abstract: A label printing and attaching system includes a label printing device and a label attaching device. The label printing device has an ink tape supply mechanism for supplying an ink tape with a label pattern. A label tape supply mechanism of the label printing device is adapted to supply a label tape that includes a carrier tape and blank label paper adhered to the carrier tape. The label printing device further includes a heat transfer machine adapted to heat transfer the label pattern on the ink tape onto the blank label paper of the label tape to obtain a desired label. The label attaching device has a label picker adapted to pick up the label with the printed label pattern from the label tape, and a moving device adapted to move the label picker to place the picked label with the printed label pattern onto a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Guoqiang Liu, Ziqiang Xiong, Kai Fu, Xueyun Zhu, Yi Li, Xuyan Yu
  • Patent number: 11945658
    Abstract: A platform for processing a workpiece includes a transmission mechanism, a plurality of workstations and a plurality of movable vehicles. The transmission mechanism transports the workpiece to be processed to one of the plurality of workstations. Each movable vehicle includes a processing module and a docking interface adapted to connect with a docking station of each workstation. The movable vehicles are each adapted to move in and out of each workstation, and each processing module is adapted to process the workpiece transmitted to the workstation after the movable vehicle is moved in and positioned in the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Qingdao) Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Cao, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Fengchun (Fred) Xie, An (Joshua) Yang, Yun (Shanghai) Liu, Wenhe Ma, Peng Ji, Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Tao Xu
  • Patent number: 11946759
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device for a vehicle according to the present disclosure comprises a processing circuit configured to: determine load information of the vehicle; generate vehicle information, with the vehicle information comprising the load information of the vehicle; and send the vehicle information to a server for the server to determine, according to the vehicle information, road planning information for the vehicle. By using the electronic device, the wireless communication method and the computer-readable storage medium according to the present disclosure, the load information of the vehicle can be taken into consideration during road planning and decision planning, thereby better managing the load of the vehicle and more rationally planning a road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tao Cui, Chen Sun, Rui Lu, Yi Liu
  • Publication number: 20240101370
    Abstract: An object pickup system includes an object pickup device and a calculation device. The object pickup device includes a first bracket, a suction cup installed on the first bracket and adapted to be affixed to a top surface of an object, and a distance sensor installed on the first bracket and adapted to rotate with the first bracket to scan the top surface of the object. The calculation device is operatively connected to the distance sensor. The calculation device is adapted to calculate a distance from the top surface of the object to the distance sensor and a position of an edge of an opening on the top surface of the object based on the distance data collected by the distance sensor during a scanning operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20240100553
    Abstract: A sprayer, comprising: a container, configured to contain liquid; a passage, comprising a first opening, a second opening, a resonator and a mesh, when the liquid is passed through the resonator, the liquid is emitted as a gas; a first optical sensor, configured to sense first optical data of at least portion of the mesh or at least portion of a surface of the container; and a processing circuit, configured to compute a foaming level of the mesh or of the surface according to the first optical data, and configured to determine whether the resonator should be turned off or not according to the foaming level. In another aspect, the processing circuit estimates a liquid level of the liquid but does not correspondingly turn off the resonator. By this way, the resonator may be turned on or turned off more properly and the liquid level may be more precisely estimated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Jen Lu, Yang-Ming Chou, Chih-Hao Wang, Chien-Yi Kao, Hsin-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20240106394
    Abstract: Disclosed are a power supply circuit, power supply method, audio power amplifier and integrated circuit. The power supply circuit applied to an audio power amplifier may include: a measurement sub-circuit used for measuring a voltage of an audio signal input to the audio power amplifier, which corresponds to output power of the audio power amplifier; a control sub-circuit used for determining a target reference voltage range according to a voltage range of the audio signal within a predetermined time period, which is selected from a plurality of predetermined reference voltage ranges, wherein the voltage range of audio signal within the predetermined time period is included in the target reference voltage range; and a power supply sub-circuit used for generating, based on the target reference voltage range, a power supply voltage that matches the output power of the audio power amplifier, so as to supply power to the audio power amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jie LU, Yi KE, Deheng LIU, Kezheng MA
  • Publication number: 20240100790
    Abstract: An optical element and a method for manufacturing the optical element are described. The optical element includes a transparent substrate, an optical layer, and an adhesive layer. The optical layer is located on a surface of the transparent substrate. The optical layer has a first surface and a second surface, which are opposite to each other. The first surface is set with various diffracting optical structures. A refractive index of the optical layer is equal to or greater than 1.4. The adhesive layer is sandwiched between the surface of the transparent substrate and the second surface of the optical layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Han Yi KUO, Shu-Hao HSU, Yin Tung LU
  • Patent number: 11942380
    Abstract: A method includes forming a dummy pattern over test region of a substrate; forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer laterally surrounding the dummy pattern; removing the dummy pattern to form an opening; forming a dielectric layer in the opening; performing a first testing process on the dielectric layer; performing an annealing process to the dielectric layer; and performing a second testing process on the annealed dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Shiang Lin, Chia-Cheng Ho, Chun-Chieh Lu, Cheng-Yi Peng, Chih-Sheng Chang