Patents by Inventor Yuan Fang

Yuan Fang 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).

  • Mobile device and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9502773
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a ground plane, a ground branch, a supporting element, and a circuit element. The ground branch is coupled to the ground plane. A slot is formed between the ground branch and the ground plane. The supporting element is positioned above the ground branch, and a vertical projection of the supporting element at least partially overlaps the ground branch. The circuit element is coupled between the ground branch and the ground plane. A first antenna structure is formed by the ground branch. The first antenna structure is excited by a first signal source. A second antenna structure is disposed on the supporting element. The second antenna structure is excited by a second signal source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Tiao-Hsing Tsai, Chien-Pin Chiu, Hsiao-Wei Wu, Yi-Hsiang Kung, Li-Yuan Fang
  • System and method for communication with adjustable signal phase and power
    Patent number: 9484978
    Abstract: A communication system includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and a phase and power distribution transform circuit. The phase and power distribution transform circuit is coupled between the first antenna, the second antenna, the first transceiver, and the second transceiver. The phase and power distribution transform circuit is configured to adjust the phase and power of each signal from the first antenna, the second antenna, the first transceiver, and/or the second transceiver, thereby improving the communication quality of the communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Tiao-Hsing Tsai, Chien-Pin Chiu, Wei-Yang Wu, Hsiao-Wei Wu, Chih-Chin Su, Li-Yuan Fang
  • STANDALONE UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY
    Publication number: 20160316586
    Abstract: A standalone uninterruptible power supply includes a cabinet and a power supply unit. The cabinet has a frame, rails and carrier plates removably disposed on the rails. The power supply unit installed in the frame includes a control module, a power input module, a power output module and cables. The control module is installed in one carrier plate. The power input module and the power output module are electrically connected with the control module and installed in another carrier plate. The cables are detachably connected with the control module, the input module and the power output module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Yuan-Fang LAI, Ying-Sung CHANG
  • Projection apparatus and light source module having fixing wire
    Patent number: 9470961
    Abstract: A light source module and a projection apparatus including the light source module, a light valve, and a lens are provided. The light source module includes a cover, a light emitting device, a lead wire, a trigger wire, and at least one fixing wire. The light emitting device is partially disposed in the cover and includes a light source and a first pillar, wherein the light source is connected to the first pillar and provides an illumination beam. The lead wire is connected to the light source and is position-limited between the cover and the first pillar. The trigger wire is disposed on the first pillar and is electrically connected to the lead wire. The fixing wire is position-limited between the cover and the first pillar. One end of the fixing wire is connected to the first pillar, and another end of the fixing wire is position-limited to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Yuan Fang, Yung-Chuan Tseng
  • MOBILE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160285167
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a ground plane, a ground branch, a supporting element, and a circuit element. The ground branch is coupled to the ground plane. A slot is formed between the ground branch and the ground plane. The supporting element is positioned above the ground branch, and a vertical projection of the supporting element at least partially overlaps the ground branch. The circuit element is coupled between the ground branch and the ground plane. A first antenna structure is formed by the ground branch. The first antenna structure is excited by a first signal source. A second antenna structure is disposed on the supporting element. The second antenna structure is excited by a second signal source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Tiao-Hsing TSAI, Chien-Pin CHIU, Hsiao-Wei WU, Yi-Hsiang KUNG, Li-Yuan FANG
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION WITH ADJUSTABLE SIGNAL PHASE AND POWER
    Publication number: 20160285500
    Abstract: A communication system includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and a phase and power distribution transform circuit. The phase and power distribution transform circuit is coupled between the first antenna, the second antenna, the first transceiver, and the second transceiver. The phase and power distribution transform circuit is configured to adjust the phase and power of each signal from the first antenna, the second antenna, the first transceiver, and/or the second transceiver, thereby improving the communication quality of the communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tiao-Hsing TSAI, Chien-Pin CHIU, Wei-Yang WU, Hsiao-Wei WU, Chih-Chin SU, Li-Yuan FANG
  • BLADE DISPENSER
    Publication number: 20160257482
    Abstract: A blade dispenser for housing a plurality of unshelled blades, dispensing the blades one at a time therefrom and receiving used blades and storing the used blades therein. The dispenser includes a housing that has ribs forming a track, a dispensing slot at a first end of the housing, a pusher and a spring that aid in dispensing blades through the slot art the first end of the housing and a closure element that includes a slot connected to a second end of the housing to receive used blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: ALLWAY TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Gringer, Yuan Fang Cheng
  • Adaptive multi-modal integrated biometric identification and surveillance systems
    Patent number: 9432632
    Abstract: A surveillance system is provided that includes at least one sensor disposed in a security area of a surveillance region to sense an occurrence of a potential security breach event; a plurality of cameras is disposed in the surveillance region; at least one camera thereof has a view of the security area and can be configured to automatically gather biometric information concerning at least one subject person in the vicinity of the security area in response to the sensing of a potential security breach event; one or more other of the plurality of cameras can be configured to search for the at least one subject person; a processing system is programmed to produce a dossier corresponding to the at least one subject person to match biometric information of one or more persons captured by one or more of the other cameras with corresponding biometric information in the dossier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Proximex Corporation
    Inventors: Ken P. Cheng, Edward Y. Chang, Yuan-Fang Wang
  • Portable electronic device
    Patent number: 9407741
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including a substrate, a first metal element, a second metal element and a battery is provided. The substrate has a ground plane. The first metal element is disposed on a carrier and has a feeding point. The second metal element is disposed on the carrier and is electrically connected to the ground plane. The second metal element and the first metal element are spaced apart by a coupling distance, and the portable electronic device operates in at least one band through the first metal element and the second metal element. An orthogonal projection of the battery on the carrier is overlapped with an orthogonal projection of the second metal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Tiao-Hsing Tsai, Chien-Pin Chiu, Hsiao-Wei Wu, Yi-Hsiang Kung, Li-Yuan Fang
  • Self-Powered Wireless Switch
    Publication number: 20160204686
    Abstract: A self-powered wireless switch includes at least one micro generator and a control panel for transmitting wireless control signals, the micro generator including a magnet assembly and a coil assembly being moved relatively to one another to generate an induced current within the coil assembly; the coil assembly including an iron core and a wire winding around the outside of the iron core to form a magnetic coil; the magnet assembly including a permanent magnet and magnet conductive plates arranged at two sides of the opposite magnetic poles of the permanent magnet. The self-powered wireless switch enables the magnetic assembly and the coil assembly to move relatively to one another and converts the mechanical energy to electricity, thereby achieving self-power generation and providing electricity to the control panel for transmission of wireless control signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: Yuan Fang LIU
  • TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXED ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM BASED COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20160204896
    Abstract: Optical signals with different orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes are used to multiplex data directed to different receiver together using time division multiplexing. The OAM based multiplexing may be used in addition to other multiplexing schemes such as time division multiplexing, polarization multiplexing and so on. Capacity of existing optical network infrastructure can be increased significantly using OAM modulation, and data communication can be secured at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jianjun Yu, Yuan Fang
  • Blade dispenser
    Patent number: 9302844
    Abstract: A blade dispenser for housing a plurality of unshelled blades and dispensing the blades one at a time therefrom. The dispenser includes a housing that has tracks forming a guide, a dispensing slot at one end of the housing and a filling end at the other end of the housing, a pusher that is mounted on the track within the housing, abuts the blades and is moveable from the filling end toward the dispensing slot to aid in dispensing the blades and a spring that is located within the housing and engages the pusher and the housing and biases the pusher and the blades toward the dispensing slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: ALLWAY TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Gringer, Yuan Fang Cheng
  • MOBILE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160079656
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a ground element, a radiation element, a first short-circuited element, a second short-circuited element, and a switch element. The radiation element has a feeding point, a fixed grounding point, and a switchable grounding point. The fixed grounding point is coupled through the first short-circuited element to the ground element. The switchable grounding point is coupled through the second short-circuited element and the switch element to the ground element. An antenna structure is formed by the radiation element, the first short-circuited element, the second short-circuited element, and the switch element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tiao-Hsing TSAI, Chien-Pin CHIU, Li-Yuan FANG, Hsiao-Wei WU
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DINING RECOMMENDATIONS
    Publication number: 20160071185
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system that facilitates efficient use of a dining application by providing dining recommendations to a user. During operation, a server determines a plurality of labels associated with a plurality of users, where a label indicates dining preference information of a user, and where the dining preference information is based on historical information for the user. The server receives a request from a first user to determine dining preference information of nearby users. The server determines a location for the first user, identifies one or more second users located within a predetermined distance from the first user, and aggregates the labels associated with the second users. Subsequently, the server returns the aggregated labels to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventors: Linna Zhao, Peixiang Zheng, Sihui Che, Sen Yu, Yuan Fang
  • Carpet cutter assembly
    Patent number: 9259845
    Abstract: A carpet cutter assembly comprising a ribbed handle, an elongated internal channel opening along the lower surface, which houses the blade in a dosed position; an exposed blade storage mechanism on the handle for housing a plurality of replacement blades, the blade storage mechanism having a blade storage handle, which locks in a blade storage cavity to secure the blade in place; a locking wheel mechanism at the frontal end of the handle, which rotates the blade from an open, closed and loading position and secures the blade in these positions; a rotatable blade retainer located at the frontal end of the handle, wherein the blade is positioned for use; and a blade safety housing with a pivot opening through which the locking wheel shaft is inserted, wherein the housing engages with the retainer to secure the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ALLWAY TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Gringer, Yuan Fang Cheng
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESENTING APPLICATION PROGRAMS
    Publication number: 20160026662
    Abstract: A method for presenting a plurality of application programs for use in a device, includes: acquiring, for each of the plurality of application programs, at least two parameter factors indicating application information about the application program within a set time period; determining, for each of the plurality of application programs, a sorting factor based on the at least two parameter factors acquired for the application program; and sorting the plurality of application programs according to the sorting factors of the application programs, respectively, and presenting the sorted application programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Aibao LUO, Liu Fang, Yuan Fang
  • DATA LOADING TECHNIQUES FOR AN IN-MEMORY DATABASE
    Publication number: 20160012108
    Abstract: A query analyzer may be used to identify a plurality of queries and associated query characteristics, the query characteristics including a corresponding dataset of data units for each query, wherein the data units are to be loaded from an offline memory into a memory of an in-memory database. Then, a sequencer may be used to select a selected dataset for loading into the memory of the in-memory database, based on dependencies between the plurality of queries as included within the query characteristics, and on relationships, if any, between the datasets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Leo Hu, Yuan Fang, Yun Jin, Wen-Syan Li
  • CARPET CUTTER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150360374
    Abstract: A carpet cutter assembly comprising a ribbed handle, an elongated internal channel opening along the lower surface, which houses the blade in a dosed position; an exposed blade storage mechanism on the handle for housing a plurality of replacement blades, the blade storage mechanism having a blade storage handle, which locks in a blade storage cavity to secure the blade in place; a locking wheel mechanism at the frontal end of the handle, which rotates the blade from an open, closed and loading position and secures the blade in these positions; a rotatable blade retainer located at the frontal end of the handle, wherein the blade is positioned for use; and a blade safety housing with a pivot opening through which the locking wheel shaft is inserted, wherein the housing engages with the retainer to secure the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: ALLWAY TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Gringer, Yuan Fang Cheng
  • Painting tool
    Patent number: D764253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: ALLWAY TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Gringer, Yuan Fang Cheng
  • Caulk tool kit
    Patent number: D773912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ALLWAY TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Gringer, Yuan Fang Cheng