Patents by Inventor Yuan Wang

Yuan Wang 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).

  • Nano-wire optical block devices for amplifying, modulating, and detecting optical signals
    Patent number: 8873893
    Abstract: A nano-wire optical block device for amplifying, modulating, and detecting an optical signal in a large-core hollow metallized waveguide. The nano-wire optical block device comprises a substrate with a plurality of nano-wires coupled to the substrate to form the nano-wire optical block. Each properly formed nano-wire is comprised of a p-doped region, an intrinsic region, and an n-doped region. The nano-wire optical block is operable to be inserted into the large-core hollow metallized waveguide to provide at least one of amplifying, modulating, and detecting the optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sagi Varghese Mathai, Shih-Yuan Wang
  • Light Emitting Device
    Publication number: 20140306253
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a light-emitting apparatus comprising a submount, a chip carrier formed on the submount, a light-emitting chip formed on the chip carrier, a reflecting cup formed on the submount and enclosing the light-emitting chip and the chip carrier, and a transparent encapsulating material for encapsulating the light-emitting chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min-Hsun Hsieh, Ta-Cheng Hsu, Meng-lan Tsai, Chih-Chiang Lu, Chien-Yuan Wang, Yen-Wen Chen, Ya-Ju Lee
  • HALF BLOCK MANAGEMENT FOR FLASH STORAGE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140310447
    Abstract: A method for managing block erase operations is provided for an array of memory cells including erasable blocks of memory cells in the array. The method comprises maintaining status data for a plurality of sub-blocks of the erasable blocks of the array. The status data indicate whether the sub-blocks are currently accessible and whether the sub-blocks are invalid. The method comprises, in response to a request to erase a selected sub-block of a particular erasable block, issuing an erase command to erase the particular block if the other sub-blocks of the particular erasable block are invalid, else updating the status data to indicate that the selected sub-block is invalid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YU-MING CHANG, YUNG-CHUN LI, HSING-CHEN LU, HSIANG-PANG LI, CHENG-YUAN WANG, YUAN-HAO CHANG, TEI-WEI KUO
  • AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140306021
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an air conditioner control device, air conditioning system, and air conditioner control method. The air conditioner control device of the present invention comprises a base and a controller. The base senses a temperature or humidity of a first environment. The controller can be optionally combined with or detached from the base. When the controller is detached from the base, the controller senses a temperature or humidity of a second environment and communicates with the base using a wireless network protocol. By doing so, the output of an air conditioner can be flexibly adjusted depending on the environment that a user is in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: CORY KOON-SING LAM, CHANG-YUAN HSIEH, HUNG-YANG LEE, CHANG-HUNG CHEN, WEI-LI HSU, SHENG-YUAN WANG
  • MEMORY DISTURB REDUCTION FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY
    Publication number: 20140307505
    Abstract: Technology is described that supports reduced program disturb of nonvolatile memory. A three/two dimensional NAND array includes a plurality of pages, which are divided into a plurality of page groups. Access is allowed to memory cells within a first page group of a plurality of page groups in an erase block of the three dimensional NAND array, while access is minimized to memory cells within a second page group of the plurality of page groups in the erase block of the three/two dimensional NAND array. Pages in the same page group are physically nonadjacent with each other in the three/two dimensional NAND array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Macronix International Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yu-Ming Chang, Yung-Chun Li, Hsing-Chen Lu, Hsiang-Pang Li, Cheng-Yuan Wang, Yuan-Hao Chang, Tei-Wei Kuo
  • Battery system
    Patent number: 8861150
    Abstract: A battery system includes batteries; a voltage detector linking batteries and detecting batteries' voltage; an equalizer linking batteries and fine-tuning their charging/discharging efficiency; a battery protection board on which there is a MCU used to receive signals from the voltage detector for characteristic differences between batteries balanced by the equalizer and batteries with similar charging and discharging efficiency; a digital interface connected between the MCU and an upper-level control system as one interface of signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: All New Energy Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Ying-How Shu, Feng-Yuan Wang
  • Method for cutting tempered glass and preparatory tempered glass structure
    Patent number: 8852721
    Abstract: A preparatory tempered glass structure for a cutting treatment includes a glass substrate and at least one trench. The glass substrate is given a strengthening treatment to form, from a surface to the inside of the glass substrate, at least one compression stress layer and a tensile stress layer corresponding to the compression stress layer. The trench is formed in the compression stress layer of the glass substrate and overlaps a predetermined cutting path for the cutting treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignees: Dongguan Masstop Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Wintek Corporation
    Inventors: Jeng-Jye Hung, Yi-Te Lee, Hen-Ta Kang, Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Touch panel and touch-sensitive display device
    Patent number: 8854326
    Abstract: A touch panel structure and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed, in which the manufacturing method includes the steps of: providing a bonding layer; and forming a conductive pattern layer on the bonding layer; wherein the conductive pattern layer is composed of at least one first and at least one second major conductors with an insulation layer interposed between the first and the second major conductors. Comparing with the prior art for manufacturing touch panels, the disclosure is advantageous in material cost, production cost, and production yield; moreover, the panel lamination process can be simplified and the touch panel structure can be joined to a planar or curvy panel and facilitate the design of a thinner product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Wintek Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Chun Lin, Ming-Kung Wu, Hsiao-Ping Li, Ping-Wen Huang, Cheng-Yi Chou, Yu-Hua Wu, Xuan-Chang Shiu, Chih-Yuan Wang, Ching-Fu Hsu, Shiao-Hui Liao, Ting-Yu Chang, Fa-Chen Wu, Wen-Chun Wang
  • QUATERNARY SALTS
    Publication number: 20140275010
    Abstract: The present invention provides quaternary salts, such as those of Formula I: as well as the use thereof in methods of treatment for cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Guo Zhu Zheng, Yuan Wang, Gregg F. Keany, Kenzo Arai, Kazunobu Kira, Xiang Liu, Nick Gearhart, Baudouin Gerard
  • Display module
    Patent number: 8834007
    Abstract: A display module includes an outer frame, a light emitting unit, a panel device, and a light guide plate having a light entrance surface and a connecting side. A first recessed portion is formed on the connecting side. The outer frame is disposed on the light guide plate and has a second recessed portion formed thereon corresponding to the first recessed portion. The second recessed portion is complementarily connected to the first recessed portion. The light emitting unit is disposed in the outer frame corresponding to the light entrance surface for emitting light into the light guide plate via the light entrance surface. The panel device is disposed on the light guide plate and contained in the outer frame for receiving the light emitted from the light guide plate. The ratio of the length of the first recessed portion to the length of the connecting side is greater than 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jia-Lang Hsu, Szu-Yuan Wang
  • Heel of a Shoe
    Publication number: 20140250731
    Abstract: Shoe heels with very thin titanium or aluminum alloy wires can achieve exotic visual effect, sophisticated variation in design and style, high strength, durable quality, lightweight and corrosion resistance. The heels comprise a first portion configured to join an outsole of the shoe, a second portion configured to support the shoe on the ground when the shoe is worn by a wearer, and a supporting structure joining the first portion to the second portion; wherein the supporting structure comprises one or more supporting wires; wherein at least one of the one or more supporting wires directly joins the first portion and at least one of the one or more supporting wires directly joins the second portion; wherein at least one of the one or more supporting wires comprises a material selected from a group consisting of titanium alloy, aluminum alloy, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Yuan WANG
  • Resistive memory devices
    Patent number: 8829581
    Abstract: A resistive memory device includes a stack comprising conductor layers and insulator layers, with the edges of the conductor layers and insulating layers exposed on the sides of the stack. An insulator is disposed on a first side of the stack to cover exposed edges of the conductor layers on the first side of the stack. A memory layer disposed over the stack and insulator, such that the memory layer is in electrical contact with edges of the conductor layers on a second side of the stack but is insulated from edges on the first side of the stack by the insulator. A conductive ribbon is disposed over the memory layer to form programmable memory elements where the conductive ribbon crosses edges of the conductor layers on the second side of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Wang, Jianhua Yang, Alexandre M. Bratkovski, R. Stanley Williams
  • Coordinating data sharing among applications in mobile devices
    Patent number: 8832847
    Abstract: Coordinating data sharing among applications in mobile devices, in one aspect, may include a shared data manager application on a mobile device that manages data trade requirements of a plurality of mobile applications, and permission grants or denials to reads and writes of data managed by the shared data manager and used by the plurality of mobile applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rangachari Anand, Stacy F. Hobson, Juhnyoung Lee, Yuan Wang, Jing Min Xu, Jeaha Yang
  • THERMAL GREASE HAVING LOW THERMAL RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20140240928
    Abstract: A thermally conductive grease includes a carrier oil, at least one dispersant, and thermally conductive particles. The thermally conductive particles have a D50 (Vol. Average) particle size of no greater than about 11 microns and the thermally conductive particles in the thermally conductive grease contain less than 3% by volume of particles having a particle size of 0.7 microns or less, based on the total volume of thermally conductive particles in the thermally conductive grease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Pei Tien, Chia Hui Lin, Chao-Yuan Wang, Ravi K. Sura
  • TEST STRIP WITH MAGNETO-ELASTIC-RESONANCE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20140227771
    Abstract: A test meter system for testing a characteristic of a fluid, the test meter system including a test meter having a housing with an opening adapted to accept a test strip, an interrogation coil within the housing, a pick-up coil within the housing, and a test strip including at least one magneto-elastic-resonance sensor. When the test strip is within the opening, the interrogation coil may utilize magneto-elastic-resonance technology to interrogate the magneto-elastic-resonance sensor and the pick-up coil may be used to sense a resultant oscillation frequency of the magneto-elastic-resonance sensor, the resultant oscillation frequency associated with the characteristic. The test strip may include a plurality of sensors. The sensors may be coated with a coating sensitive to a characteristic of the fluid, where the interrogation reveals information about the fluid characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Swetha Chinnayelka, Jiangfeng Fei, Yuan Wang, Narasinha Parasnis, Hoi-Cheong Steve Sun, Raeann Gifford, Steven C. Charlton
  • Automatic water sprinkler regulator
    Publication number: 20140229024
    Abstract: An automatic water sprinkler regulator is provided to control sprinkler coverage and times for water cycles. The regulator comprises control interface, series of control buttons, water inlet part, water outlet part, control processor. An improvement made in the present invention focuses on rendering a control interface with multiple approaches to control times for water cycles to make for a controller interface that can be set for irrigating by way of a series of control buttons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: King Yuan Wang
  • MULTIMODE FIBER FOR MODULATABLE SOURCE
    Publication number: 20140219606
    Abstract: A modulatable source is to generate a signal. A multi-mode fiber is to propagate the signal. The fiber is associated with a fiber d*NA, corresponding to a product of a fiber diameter (d) and a fiber numerical aperture (NA), substantially between 1 micron radian and 4 micron radian. A receiver is to receive the propagated signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Wayne V. Sorin, Michael Renne Ty Tan, Shih-Yuan Wang
  • Light-emitting device
    Patent number: 8796723
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device comprising: a carrier; a light-emitting element disposed on the carrier; a first light guide layer covering the light-emitting element; a second light guide layer covering the first light guide layer; a low refractive index layer between the first light guide layer and the second light guide layer to reflect the light from the second light guide layer; and a wavelength conversion layer covering the second light guide layer; wherein the low refractive index layer has a refractive index smaller than one of the refractive indices of first light guide layer and the second light guide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Hsun Hsieh, Chien-Yuan Wang, Tsung-Xian Lee, Chih-Ming Wang, Ming-Chi Hsu, Han-Min Wu
  • MULTIPLE CONCURRENT SPECTRAL ANALYSES
    Publication number: 20140211199
    Abstract: According to an example, apparatuses for performing multiple concurrent spectral analyses on a sample under test include an optical system to concurrently direct a plurality of light beams onto analytes at multiple locations on the sample under test, in which the plurality of light beams cause light in either or both of a Raman spectra and a non-Raman spectra to be emitted from the analytes at the multiple locations of the sample under test. The apparatuses also include a detector to concurrently acquire a plurality of spectral measurements of the light emitted from the analytes at the multiple locations of the sample under test. Example methods of performing spectral analysis include use of the apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Huei Pei Kuo, Zhiyong Li, Shih-Yuan Wang, Steven J. Barcelo, Ansoon Kim, Gary Gibson, Alexandre M. Bratkovski
  • Heel of a shoe
    Patent number: D716031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventor: Yuan Wang