Patents by Inventor Yipeng Lu

Yipeng 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: 12217530
    Abstract: An apparatus may include an ultrasonic sensor stack, a foldable display stack and a transmission enhancement layer. The foldable display stack may include a display stiffener and display stack layers. The display stack layers may form one or more display stack resonators configured to enhance ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in a first ultrasonic frequency range. In some implementations, a transmission enhancement resonator may include the display stiffener and the transmission enhancement layer. In some examples, the transmission enhancement resonator may include at least a portion of the ultrasonic sensor stack. The transmission enhancement resonator may be configured to enhance the ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in the first ultrasonic frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shiang-Chi Lin, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh, Jessica Liu Strohmann, Yipeng Lu, Chin-Jen Tseng, Kostadin Dimitrov Djordjev, Min-Lun Yang, Chia-Wei Yang
  • Publication number: 20250037498
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, devices, apparatuses, and systems for an under-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. A display device may include a platen, a display underlying the platen, and an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor underlying the display, where the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor is configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves via an acoustic path through the platen and the display. A light-blocking layer and/or an electrical shielding layer may be provided between the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and the display, where the light-blocking layer and/or the electrical shielding layer are in the acoustic path. A mechanical stress isolation layer may be provided between the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and the display, where the mechanical stress isolation layer is in the acoustic path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Ila Ravindra BADGE, Yipeng LU, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV, Suryaprakash GANTI, Chin-Jen TSENG, Nicholas BUCHAN, Tsongming KAO, Leonard Eugene FENNELL, Firas SAMMOURA, Jessica Liu STROHMANN, David William BURNS
  • Patent number: 12183113
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. In some aspects, a device may include a flexible display. The device may include an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that is configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic signal in an acoustic path through the flexible display. The device may include an acoustics configuration layer that is situated between the display and the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. The acoustics configuration layer may be configured to optimize a signal strength of the ultrasonic signal based at least in part on a configuration of one or more layers of the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jessica Liu Strohmann, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh, Yipeng Lu, Chin-Jen Tseng, Kostadin Dimitrov Djordjev
  • Patent number: 12169977
    Abstract: An apparatus may include an ultrasonic sensor stack, a foldable display stack and a transmission enhancement layer. The foldable display stack may include a display stiffener and display stack layers. The display stack layers may form one or more display stack resonators configured to enhance ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in a first ultrasonic frequency range. In some implementations, a transmission enhancement resonator may include the display stiffener and the transmission enhancement layer. In some examples, the transmission enhancement resonator may include at least a portion of the ultrasonic sensor stack. The transmission enhancement resonator may be configured to enhance the ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in the first ultrasonic frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shiang-Chi Lin, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh, Jessica Liu Strohmann, Yipeng Lu, Chin-Jen Tseng, Kostadin Dimitrov Djordjev, Min-Lun Yang, Chia-Wei Yang
  • Publication number: 20240249549
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. In some aspects, a device may include a flexible display. The device may include an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that is configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic signal in an acoustic path through the flexible display. The device may include an acoustics configuration layer that is situated between the display and the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. The acoustics configuration layer may be configured to optimize a signal strength of the ultrasonic signal based at least in part on a configuration of one or more layers of the flexible display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jessica Liu STROHMANN, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Yipeng LU, Chin-Jen TSENG, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV
  • Publication number: 20240206736
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a platen, a light source system and an ultrasonic receiver system. The light source system may be configured to provide light to a target object on an outer surface of the platen. The light source system may be configured to direct the light along a first axis oriented at a first angle relative to the outer surface of the platen. The ultrasonic receiver system may be configured to receive ultrasonic waves generated by the target object responsive to the light from the light source system. The ultrasonic receiver system may include one or more receiver elements residing in a receiver plane. A normal to the receiver plane being may be oriented along a second axis at a second angle relative to the outer surface of the platen. The first angle may be different from the second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Yipeng LU, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Nicholas BUCHAN, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV, Camilo PEREZ SAAIBI, Legardo REYES, Ali LOPEZ, Ila BADGE, Chin-Jen Tseng, Ye ZHAN, John Keith Schneider
  • Publication number: 20240206739
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a platen, a light source system and an ultrasonic receiver system. The platen may be configured to separate one or more received arterial ultrasonic waves generated by blood in an artery, by an arterial wall, or by a combination thereof, from one or more other types of received ultrasonic waves. The platen may have an outer surface with an acoustic impedance that is configured to approximate the acoustic impedance of human skin. The outer surface of the platen may be configured to conform to a surface of the human skin. The apparatus may include a noise reduction system. The light source system may include at least one multi-junction laser diode. The apparatus may include a mirror layer residing between the ultrasonic receiver system and the platen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas BUCHAN, Stephen Michael GOJEVIC, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Yipeng LU, Htet NAING, John Keith SCHNEIDER, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV, Camilo PEREZ SAAIBI, Sherman Sebastian ANTAO, Ye ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20240206737
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a platen, a light source system and an ultrasonic receiver system. The platen may be configured to separate one or more received arterial ultrasonic waves generated by blood in an artery, by an arterial wall, or by a combination thereof, from one or more other types of received ultrasonic waves. The platen may have an outer surface with an acoustic impedance that is configured to approximate the acoustic impedance of human skin. The outer surface of the platen may be configured to conform to a surface of the human skin. The apparatus may include a noise reduction system. The light source system may include at least one multi-junction laser diode. The apparatus may include a mirror layer residing between the ultrasonic receiver system and the platen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas BUCHAN, Stephen Michael GOJEVIC, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Yipeng LU, Htet NAING, John Keith SCHNEIDER, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV, Camilo PEREZ SAAIBI, Sherman Sebastian ANTAO, Ye ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20240206738
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a platen, a light source system and an ultrasonic receiver system. The platen may be configured to separate one or more received arterial ultrasonic waves generated by blood in an artery, by an arterial wall, or by a combination thereof, from one or more other types of received ultrasonic waves. The platen may have an outer surface with an acoustic impedance that is configured to approximate the acoustic impedance of human skin. The outer surface of the platen may be configured to conform to a surface of the human skin. The apparatus may include a noise reduction system. The light source system may include at least one multi-junction laser diode. The apparatus may include a mirror layer residing between the ultrasonic receiver system and the platen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas BUCHAN, Stephen Michael GOJEVIC, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Yipeng LU, Htet NAING, John Keith SCHNEIDER, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV, Camilo PEREZ SAAIBI, Sherman Sebastian ANTAO, Ye ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20240210309
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a platen, a light source system and an ultrasonic receiver system. The platen may be configured to separate one or more received arterial ultrasonic waves generated by blood in an artery, by an arterial wall, or by a combination thereof, from one or more other types of received ultrasonic waves. The platen may have an outer surface with an acoustic impedance that is configured to approximate the acoustic impedance of human skin. The outer surface of the platen may be configured to conform to a surface of the human skin. The apparatus may include a noise reduction system. The light source system may include at least one multi-junction laser diode. The apparatus may include a mirror layer residing between the ultrasonic receiver system and the platen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas BUCHAN, Stephen Michael GOJEVIC, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Yipeng LU, Htet NAING, John Keith SCHNEIDER, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV, Camilo PEREZ SAAIBI, Sherman Sebastian ANTAO, Ye ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20240210308
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a platen, a light source system and an ultrasonic receiver system. The platen may be configured to separate one or more received arterial ultrasonic waves generated by blood in an artery, by an arterial wall, or by a combination thereof, from one or more other types of received ultrasonic waves. The platen may have an outer surface with an acoustic impedance that is configured to approximate the acoustic impedance of human skin. The outer surface of the platen may be configured to conform to a surface of the human skin. The apparatus may include a noise reduction system. The light source system may include at least one multi-junction laser diode. The apparatus may include a mirror layer residing between the ultrasonic receiver system and the platen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas BUCHAN, Stephen Michael GOJEVIC, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Yipeng LU, Htet NAING, John Keith SCHNEIDER, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV, Camilo PEREZ SAAIBI, Sherman Sebastian ANTAO, Ye ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20240161533
    Abstract: Some disclosed implementations include an ultrasonic sensor stack and an acoustic resonator. The acoustic resonator may be configured to enhance ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in an ultrasonic frequency range that is suitable for ultrasonic fingerprint sensors. In some examples, the acoustic resonator may include one or more low-impedance layers residing between a first higher-impedance layer and a second higher-impedance layer. Each of the one or more low-impedance layers may have a lower acoustic impedance than an acoustic impedance of the first higher-impedance layer or an acoustic impedance of the second higher-impedance layer. At least one low-impedance layer may have a thickness corresponding to a multiple of a half wavelength at a peak frequency of the acoustic resonator. The peak frequency may be within a frequency range from 1 MHz. to 20 MHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Jessica Liu STROHMANN, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Nai-Kuei KUO, Yipeng LU, Ali LOPEZ, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV
  • Publication number: 20240046691
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for providing extended reality effects are disclosed. In some examples, a control system may control a structure to provide extended reality effects and also may control an ultrasound-based haptic system to create haptic effects via transmitted ultrasonic waves. The ultrasound-based haptic system may include one or more arrays of ultrasonic transducers, such as piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (PMUTs), mounted in or on the structure. The haptic effects may be created via air-coupled ultrasonic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yipeng LU, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV
  • Publication number: 20240037979
    Abstract: An apparatus may include an ultrasonic sensor stack, a foldable display stack and a transmission enhancement layer. The foldable display stack may include a display stiffener and display stack layers. The display stack layers may form one or more display stack resonators configured to enhance ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in a first ultrasonic frequency range. In some implementations, a transmission enhancement resonator may include the display stiffener and the transmission enhancement layer. In some examples, the transmission enhancement resonator may include at least a portion of the ultrasonic sensor stack. The transmission enhancement resonator may be configured to enhance the ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in the first ultrasonic frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shiang-Chi LIN, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Jessica Liu STROHMANN, Yipeng LU, Chin-Jen TSENG, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV, Min-Lun YANG, Chia-Wei YANG
  • Patent number: 11823483
    Abstract: Some disclosed implementations include an ultrasonic sensor stack and an acoustic resonator. The acoustic resonator may be configured to enhance ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in an ultrasonic frequency range that is suitable for ultrasonic fingerprint sensors. In some examples, the acoustic resonator may include one or more low-impedance layers residing between a first higher-impedance layer and a second higher-impedance layer. Each of the one or more low-impedance layers may have a lower acoustic impedance than an acoustic impedance of the first higher-impedance layer or an acoustic impedance of the second higher-impedance layer. At least one low-impedance layer may have a thickness corresponding to a multiple of a half wavelength at a peak frequency of the acoustic resonator. The peak frequency may be within a frequency range from 1 MHz. to 20 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jessica Liu Strohmann, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh, Nai-Kuei Kuo, Yipeng Lu, Ali Lopez, Kostadin Dimitrov Djordjev
  • Patent number: 11798307
    Abstract: An apparatus may include an ultrasonic sensor stack, a foldable display stack and a transmission enhancement layer. The foldable display stack may include a display stiffener and display stack layers. The display stack layers may form one or more display stack resonators configured to enhance ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in a first ultrasonic frequency range. In some implementations, a transmission enhancement resonator may include the display stiffener and the transmission enhancement layer. In some examples, the transmission enhancement resonator may include at least a portion of the ultrasonic sensor stack. The transmission enhancement resonator may be configured to enhance the ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in the first ultrasonic frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shiang-Chi Lin, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh, Jessica Liu Strohmann, Yipeng Lu, Chin-Jen Tseng, Kostadin Dimitrov Djordjev, Min-Lun Yang, Chia-Wei Yang
  • Patent number: 11798308
    Abstract: Some disclosed implementations include an ultrasonic sensor stack and an acoustic resonator. The acoustic resonator may be configured to enhance ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in an ultrasonic frequency range that is suitable for ultrasonic fingerprint sensors. In some examples, the acoustic resonator may include one or more low-impedance layers residing between a first higher-impedance layer and a second higher-impedance layer. Each of the one or more low-impedance layers may have a lower acoustic impedance than an acoustic impedance of the first higher-impedance layer or an acoustic impedance of the second higher-impedance layer. At least one low-impedance layer may have a thickness corresponding to a multiple of a half wavelength at a peak frequency of the acoustic resonator. The peak frequency may be within a frequency range from 1 MHz. to 20 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jessica Liu Strohmann, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh, Nai-Kuei Kuo, Yipeng Lu, Ali Lopez, Kostadin Dimitrov Djordjev
  • Publication number: 20230252816
    Abstract: An apparatus may include an ultrasonic sensor stack, a foldable display stack and a transmission enhancement layer. The foldable display stack may include a display stiffener and display stack layers. The display stack layers may form one or more display stack resonators configured to enhance ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in a first ultrasonic frequency range. In some implementations, a transmission enhancement resonator may include the display stiffener and the transmission enhancement layer. In some examples, the transmission enhancement resonator may include at least a portion of the ultrasonic sensor stack. The transmission enhancement resonator may be configured to enhance the ultrasonic waves transmitted by the ultrasonic sensor stack in the first ultrasonic frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Shiang-Chi LIN, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar PANCHAWAGH, Jessica Liu STROHMANN, Yipeng LU, Chin-Jen TSENG, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV, Min-Lun YANG, Chia-Wei YANG
  • Patent number: 11703578
    Abstract: Techniques for operating an ultrasonic sensor array, the ultrasonic sensor array disposed under a platen, include making a determination whether or not to recalibrate the ultrasonic sensor array based on whether a first screen protector disposed above the platen has been removed or replaced by a second screen protector; and recalibrating the ultrasonic sensor array, when the determination is to recalibrate the ultrasonic sensor array. In some cases, the techniques include prompting a user to indicate whether or not the screen protector has been changed or removed, and recalibrating the ultrasonic sensor array only after confirmation from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yipeng Lu, Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh, Jessica Liu Strohmann, Kostadin Dimitrov Djordjev
  • Publication number: 20230177863
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, devices, apparatuses, and systems for an under-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. A display device may include a platen, a display underlying the platen, and an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor underlying the display, where the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor is configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves via an acoustic path through the platen and the display. A light-blocking layer and/or an electrical shielding layer may be provided between the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and the display, where the light-blocking layer and/or the electrical shielding layer are in the acoustic path. A mechanical stress isolation layer may be provided between the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and the display, where the mechanical stress isolation layer is in the acoustic path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh, IIa Ravindra Badge, Yipeng LU, Kostadin Dimitrov Djordjev, Suryaprakash Ganti, Chin-Jen Tseng, Nicholas Ian Buchan, Tsongming Kao, Leonard Eugene Fennell, Firas Sammoura, Jessica Liu Strohmann, David William Burns