Patents by Inventor Ying Yan

Ying 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).

  • Patent number: 11626984
    Abstract: A cryptographic acceleration card generates, using an attribute unique to a blockchain integrated station that comprises the cryptographic acceleration card, an identity private key for the blockchain integrated station. The cryptographic acceleration card generates a private key ciphertext by encrypting the identity private key. The cryptographic acceleration card stores the private key ciphertext.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changzheng Wei, Peng Wu, Ying Yan, Hui Zhang, Changhua He, Zongru Zhan
  • Patent number: 11616636
    Abstract: A cryptographic acceleration card included in a blockchain integrated station sends negotiation information to a provider of a new disk image, where the negotiation information is used by the provider to determine a deployment key, and where the new disk image is used to update an old disk image included in the blockchain integrated station. The cryptographic acceleration card receives a new hash value encrypted by the provider using the deployment key, where the new hash value corresponds to the new disk image. The cryptographic acceleration card replaces an old hash value corresponding to the old disk image with the new hash value, where the new hash value is compared with a current hash value of a disk image included in the blockchain integrated station to determine whether the disk image matches the new disk image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changzheng Wei, Ying Yan, Peng Wu, Hui Zhang, Changhua He
  • Publication number: 20230089792
    Abstract: A Schmitt trigger circuit includes a first and second set of transistors, a first and second feedback transistor, and a first and second circuit. The first set of transistors is connected between a first voltage supply and an output node. The first voltage supply has a first voltage. The second set of transistors is connected between the output node and a second voltage supply. The second voltage supply has a second voltage. The first feedback transistor is connected to the output node, a first node and a second node. The second feedback transistor is connected to the output node, a third node and a fourth node. The first circuit is coupled to and configured to supply the second supply voltage to the second node. The second circuit is coupled to and configured to supply the first supply voltage to the fourth node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Lei PAN, Yaqi MA, Jing DING, Zhang-Ying YAN
  • Publication number: 20230078315
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining column ordering of a data storage table for search optimization are described herein. In some examples, a computing system is configured to receive input containing statistics of a plurality of queries. The computing system can then determine a new column order (i.e., layout) based at least in part on the statistics. In some example techniques described herein, the computing system can determine the new column order based at least in part on the hardware components storing the data storage table, storage system parameters, and/or user preference information. Example techniques described herein can apply the new column order to data subsequently added to the data storage table. Example techniques described herein can apply the new column order to existing data in the data storage table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas MOSCIBRODA, Liang Jeff CHEN, Xiao HUANG, Ying YAN, Yueguo CHEN, Xudong ZHENG, Haoqiong BIAN
  • Patent number: 11604633
    Abstract: A blockchain integrated station receives a startup instruction. The blockchain integrated station sends a signature verification request for a disk image stored in the blockchain integrated station to a cryptographic acceleration card included in the blockchain integrated station. The blockchain integrated station receives a signature verification result from the cryptographic acceleration card, where the signature verification result indicates whether a signature of the disk image passes a verification. In response to determining that the signature verification result indicates that the signature of the disk image passes the verification, the blockchain integrated station executes the disk image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changzheng Wei, Ying Yan, Hui Zhang, Lei Wang
  • Publication number: 20230025745
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical pulse design method for high-fidelity manipulation over ensemble qubits, so that fast and efficient two-color optical pulses that have high robustness against frequency detuning and a laser intensity fluctuation are constructed by using an inverse engineering method based on a Lewis-Riesenfeld invariant, and using a perturbation theory and a concept of a system error sensitivity. The pulses can be applied in an inhomogeneously broadened three-level system to create an arbitrary superposition state of ensemble qubits with a high fidelity. During action of the pulse, quantum manipulation has stronger robustness against instantaneous changes or spatial nonuniform distribution of a laser intensity. The robustness can increase a signal-to-noise ratio of a detected signal and reduce experimental difficulties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ying YAN, Ze MO, Tianfeng CHEN, Lin WAN, Jiayi WANG
  • Patent number: 11532246
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible display module and a display device. The flexible display module includes a flexible display panel and a driving chip, and the flexible display panel includes a flexible substrate, a driving circuit layer, and a light-emitting functional layer which are sequentially disposed. The driving circuit layer includes a piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer can convert stress generated when the display panel is bent into an electrical signal, which is transmitted to the driving chip through the driving circuit and controls each area of the flexible display panel to emit light of a predetermined intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ying Yan
  • Publication number: 20220393683
    Abstract: A method includes: forming first, second, and third NWs; forming form first to fourth transistors in corresponding first to fourth groups of active regions, connecting selected transistors amongst the first and second transistors to form first and second input circuits respectively receiving a first input signal in a first domain and a second input signal in the first domain; connecting selected transistors amongst the first and third transistors and amongst the first and fourth transistors to respectively form a first single bit level shifter (SBLS) and a second SBLS; each SBLS operates in the second domain and receives correspondingly versions of the first and second input signals; and connecting selected transistors amongst the first and third transistors to form a control circuit for toggling the first and second SBLSs between a normal and a standby state, a portion of the control circuit and the first SBLS sharing the second NW.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jing DING, Zhang-Ying YAN, Qingchao MENG, Yi-Ting CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220393012
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a fin over a substrate, wherein the fin includes first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers alternating stacked. The method also includes forming an isolation feature around the fin, forming a dielectric feature over the isolation feature, forming a cap layer over the fin and the dielectric feature, oxidizing the cap layer to form an oxidized cap layer, forming source/drain features passing through the cap layer and in the fin, removing the second semiconductor layers in the fin to form nanostructures, and forming a gate structure wrapping around the nanostructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Fan PENG, Yuan-Ching PENG, Yu-Bey WU, Yu-Shan LU, Ying-Yan CHEN, Yi-Cheng LI, Szu-Ping LEE
  • Patent number: 11516011
    Abstract: A blockchain integrated station initiates a ciphertext request to a server, where the ciphertext request includes first information associated with input data of an off-chain contract. The blockchain integrated station obtains, from the server, an execution result, where the execution result is obtained by the server by executing the off-chain contract using the input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changzheng Wei, Ying Yan, Hui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11514011
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining column ordering of a data storage table for search optimization are described herein. In some examples, a computing system is configured to receive input containing statistics of a plurality of queries. The computing system can then determine a new column order (i.e., layout) based at least in part on the statistics. In some example techniques described herein, the computing system can determine the new column order based at least in part on the hardware components storing the data storage table, storage system parameters, and/or user preference information. Example techniques described herein can apply the new column order to data subsequently added to the data storage table. Example techniques described herein can apply the new column order to existing data in the data storage table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Moscibroda, Liang Jeff Chen, Xiao Huang, Ying Yan, Yueguo Chen, Xudong Zheng, Haoqiong Bian
  • Publication number: 20220375854
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active region, an isolation structure, a first metal line, gate structure, source/drain region, a source/drain contact, and a second metal line. The active region protrudes from a top surface of the substrate. The isolation structure is over the substrate and laterally surrounds the active region. The first metal line is in the isolation structure. The gate structure is over the active region. The source/drain region is in the active region. The source/drain contact is over the active region and is electrically connected to the source/drain region. The second metal line is over the gate structure and the source/drain contact, in which the second metal line vertically overlaps the first metal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., TSMC Nanjing Company Limited, TSMC China Company Limited
    Inventors: Zhang-Ying YAN, Xin-Yong WANG
  • Patent number: 11469170
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active region, an isolation structure, a first metal line, gate structure, source/drain region, a source/drain contact, and a second metal line. The active region protrudes from a top surface of the substrate. The isolation structure is over the substrate and laterally surrounds the active region. The first metal line is in the isolation structure. The gate structure is over the active region. The source/drain region is in the active region. The source/drain contact is over the active region and is electrically connected to the source/drain region. The second metal line is over the gate structure and the source/drain contact, in which the second metal line vertically overlaps the first metal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED, TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhang-Ying Yan, Xin-Yong Wang
  • Publication number: 20220305604
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rocker type polishing apparatus and method for full-aperture deterministic polishing of a planar part. The apparatus includes a control system, a substrate, a lifting plate, a polishing module and a measuring module. The polishing module and the measuring module are arranged on the substrate. The lifting plate is arranged between the polishing module and the measuring module. The polishing module includes a rocker mechanism, a polishing pad surface dressing mechanism, a polishing pad surface profile measuring apparatus and a continuous polishing pad mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Ping ZHOU, Zhichao GENG, Ying YAN, Lin WANG, Kai WANG, Dongming GUO
  • Patent number: 11456744
    Abstract: A multi-bit level-shifter (MBLS) includes two or more input circuits correspondingly configured to operate in a first voltage domain. The MBLS also includes two or more single bit level shifters (SBLSs) electrically coupled correspondingly to the two or more input circuits, and correspondingly configured to operate in a second voltage domain. The MBLS also includes a control circuit configured to toggle each of the two or more SBLSs between a normal mode and a standby mode according to a toggle-control signal received from the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Jing Ding, Zhang-Ying Yan, Qingchao Meng, Yi-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 11451404
    Abstract: A blockchain integrated station receives a configuration instruction after accessing a blockchain network. The blockchain integrated station configures, based on the configuration instruction, a first network address corresponding to a certificate authority center and a second network address corresponding to a first blockchain node in the blockchain network. The blockchain integrated station initiates an authentication request to the certificate authority center based on the first network address. The blockchain integrated station receives, from the certificate authority center, a digital certificate after the certificate authority center determines that the authentication request passes verification. The blockchain integrated station sends, based on the second network address, the digital certificate to the first blockchain node, where the digital certificate is used by the first blockchain node to add the blockchain integrated station as a new blockchain node in the blockchain network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changzheng Wei, Ying Yan, Hui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220265167
    Abstract: A sports bra shock absorption effect evaluation method includes: allowing a subject to wear a sports bra for an experimental test, adhering a total of 43 infrared reflective mark points on the body, and completing preparation; allowing the subject naturally to stand on a treadmill, and acquiring static coordinate data; starting the treadmill, acquiring dynamic coordinate data for 5 minutes in sports when a speed in sports reaches 6-12 km/h, and immediately asking a subjective perception of the subject after doing sports; converting the dynamic coordinate data into coordinate data in which a thoracic vertebra point is defined as an origin, and calculating a square root index S of displacement amplitude data in the left-right direction and the up-down direction; and numerically sorting the displacement amplitudes according to the square root index S, and corresponding to subjective perceptions one by one to obtain hierarchical definitions for an existing bra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Yunshan Guo, Ying Yan, Jingping Ren, Xinglong Zhou, Huijie Zhang
  • Patent number: 11424942
    Abstract: A blockchain integrated station receives a first configuration instruction after accessing a certificate authority network. The blockchain integrated station initiates an authentication application to a certificate authority center of the certificate authority network based on a first network address indicated in the first configuration instruction. The blockchain integrated station receives a digital certificate from the certificate authority center after the certificate authority center determines that the authentication application passes verification. The blockchain integrated station receives a second configuration instruction after accessing a blockchain network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changzheng Wei, Ying Yan, Hui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11416286
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein can facilitate computing on transient resources. An exemplary computing device may use a task scheduler to access information of a computational task and instability information of a transient resource. Moreover, the task scheduler can schedule the computational task to use the transient resource based at least in part on the rate of data size reduction of the computational task. Further, a checkpointing scheduler in the exemplary computing device can determine a checkpointing plan for the computational task based at least in part on a recomputation cost associated with the instability information of the transient resource. Resultantly, the overall utilization rate of computing resources is improved by effectively utilizing transient resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ying Yan, Yanjie Gao, Yang Chen, Thomas Moscibroda, Narayanan Ganapathy, Bole Chen, Zhongxin Guo
  • Patent number: 11398914
    Abstract: One or more implementations of the present specification provide a blockchain-based data authorization method and apparatus. The method can include receiving, by a blockchain node, an authentication transaction submitted by a privacy computing platform, where the authentication transaction queries whether a data user has obtained authorization of target data possessed by a data owner, and in response to determining that the data user has obtained authorization of the target data, executing, by the blockchain node, a smart contract invoked by the authentication transaction to provide an authorization token to the privacy computing platform that instructs the privacy computing platform to obtain the target data, and send a computational result of one or more predetermined computational operations based on the target data to the data user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changzheng Wei, Ying Yan, Hui Zhang, Yujun Peng