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).

  • Tunable nanowire resonant cavity for optical modulation
    Patent number: 8446661
    Abstract: A resonant cavity with tunable nanowire. The resonant cavity includes a substrate. The substrate is coupleable to an optical resonator structure. The resonant cavity also includes a plurality of nanowires formed on the substrate. The plurality of nanowires is actuated in response to an application of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sagi Varghese Mathai, Alexandre M. Bratkovski, Wenhua Zhang, Shih-Yuan Wang
  • MOBILE DEVICE PROTECTIVE CASE WITH SLIDABLE SHUTTER
    Publication number: 20130118933
    Abstract: A mobile device protective case (10) includes a frame (20) and a slidable shutter (30) mounted on the frame (20) to function as a slidable component. After a mobile device (50) has been inserted into the frame (20), the slidable shutter (30) hides a touch panel (51) of the mobile device (50) to prevent the touch panel (51) from being scratched or scraped. To start using the mobile device (50), a user moves the slidable shutter (30), such that the touch panel (51) of the mobile device (50) is exposed and can be directly operated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: TOPKASE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han-Yuan WANG, Chih-Ming Chang, David John Ardener, Mao-Shen Wang
  • PROCESS POLING FOR MATERIAL CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20130108207
    Abstract: A method includes fabricating a circuit element and a connection to the circuit element for a photonic integrated circuit. The method includes associating a configurable material with the circuit element and activating the configurable material via a poling rail and the connection to the circuit element during production of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Lars Helge Thylen, Michael Renne Ty Tan, Shih-Yuan Wang, Alexandre M. Bratkovski, Wayne V. Sorin, Michael Josef Stuke
  • HIERARCHICAL BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130099753
    Abstract: A hierarchical battery-management system mainly comprises a monitoring and equalizing module, an intermediary module, and a decision and communication module. The monitoring and equalizing module electrically couples with the battery cells, the intermediary modules electrically couple with the monitoring and equalizing module and the decision and communication module. The decision and communication module electrically couples with a power system or an electronic/electrical apparatus, and a hierarchical management structure constructed by the intermediary module to screen data and to transmit meaningful cell data to meet real time managing requirements of the large battery set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Ying-Haw Shu, Feng-Yuan Wang, Ching-Chuan Lee, Peng-Ming Ma
  • Citation record extraction system and method
    Patent number: 8429520
    Abstract: A citation record extraction system is provided for extracting citation records from publication list pages having different layouts and contents. An HTML rendering engine receives a publication list web page, parses the publication list web page to obtain layout information of the web page. A web page sequence builder generates a web page characteristic sequence for the web page according to the layout information. A web page repeated pattern analyzer analyzes repeated patterns presented in the web page characteristic sequence, screens out non-citation records therefrom, and obtains a citation record of the publication list web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hahn-Ming Lee, Jan-Ming Ho, Shui-Shi Chen, Kai-Hsiang Yang, Ruei-Yuan Wang, Jerome Yeh
  • MicroRNA-based method for anti-colorectal cancer effects and prognosis of colorectal cancer
    Patent number: 8420618
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of providing anti-oncogenic effects in a subject suffered from colorectal cancer. The present invention also discloses a method for screening an anti-colorectal cancer agent. The present invention further discloses a method of determining the prognosis of a subject with colorectal cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kaohsiung Medical University
    Inventors: Suh-Hang Hank Juo, Jaw-Yuan Wang, I-Ping Yang, Hsiang-Lin Tsai
  • SLOT-LINE WAVEGUIDE OPTICAL SWITCH SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130089288
    Abstract: A slot-line waveguide optical switch system and method are disclosed. An optical switch system can include a slot-line waveguide optical switch that includes a plurality of wall portions that are each formed from a high refractive-index material and that are arranged to form a channel portion comprising an electro-optic material interposed to extend between the plurality of wall portions. The channel portion can include an input channel to receive an input optical signal and plural output channels to receive the input optical signal from the input channel. A channel switching system can provide a voltage to an electrode coupled to a corresponding wall portion to change a relative refractive index in the output channels via the electro-optic material and thereby switch the input optical signal to one of the output channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: LARS HELGE THYLEN, Michael Renne Ty Tan, Alexandre M. Bratkovski, Shih-Yuan Wang, Wayne V. Sorin, Michael Josef Stuke
  • Sensing device and method producing a Raman signal
    Patent number: 8416406
    Abstract: A sensing device that produces a Raman signal includes micro-rods or nano-rods arranged on a substrate in a two-dimensional (2D) array, each of the rods having a length in a single row being substantially the same, with the rod length of each row being different from the rod length of each other row. Each row of rods has a respective resonant vibration frequency that varies from row to row. A source of vibration energy, operatively connected to the substrate, excites vibration in each of the rods such that a responding row resonates when an exciting frequency approaches the resonant vibration frequency of the responding row. A method includes exposing the 2D array to a light source and analyzing Raman scattering at each rod of the 2D array to render a Raman map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Josef Stuke, Shih-Yuan Wang, Zhiyong Li
  • DISPLAY MODULE
    Publication number: 20130077347
    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: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Jia-Lang Hsu, Szu-Yuan Wang
  • Luminescent chemical sensor integrated with at least one molecular trap
    Patent number: 8404491
    Abstract: A luminescent chemical sensor integrated with at least one molecular trap. The luminescent chemical sensor includes at least one molecular trap and at least one metallic-nanofinger device integrated with at least one molecular trap. The molecular trap includes a plurality of electrodes that trap at least one analyte molecule. The metallic-nanofinger device includes a substrate, and a plurality of nanofingers coupled with the substrate. A nanofinger of the plurality includes a flexible column, and a metallic cap coupled to an apex of the flexible column. At least the nanofinger and a second nanofinger of the plurality of nanofingers are to self-arrange into a close-packed configuration with the analyte molecule. A method for using, and a chemical-analysis apparatus including the luminescent chemical sensor are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhiyong Li, Michael Josef Stuke, Shih-Yuan Wang, Huei Pei Kuo
  • PHOSPHOR AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130062561
    Abstract: A phosphor is represented by below formula: AaBbCcDdEe:Mm wherein, M represents at least one activator selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and combinations thereof; A represents at least one element selected from Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+ and combinations thereof; B represents C4+, Si4+ or Ge4+; C represents B3+, Al3+ or Ga3+; D and E each independently represent at least one element selected from N, O, F and combinations thereof; m+a=2; 0.00001?m?0.1; 0.5?b+c?8; and 0.5?d+e?10. The phosphor has a color render index of greater than 50 and is suitable to be applied in a white LED to improve the color rendering property of the white light. A method of preparing the phosphor is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Chen, Ru-Shi Liu, Chien-Yuan Wang
  • TUNABLE CHIRAL COMPOSITION, MULTI-COLOR LCD CONTAINING TUNABLE CHIRAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MAKING TUNABLE CHIRAL POLYMER
    Publication number: 20130063690
    Abstract: A tunable chiral composition includes a liquid crystal material, a tunable chiral material with at least one chiral center and at least one ethylenic double bond and a photo-initiator. The tunable chiral composition is substantially cross-linking agent free.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Hsien-Wei Chiang, Chih-Yuan Wang
  • LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH NARROW DOMINANT WAVELENGTH DISTRIBUTION AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130056772
    Abstract: This application discloses a light-emitting device with narrow dominant wavelength distribution and a method of making the same. The light-emitting device with narrow dominant wavelength distribution at least includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting stacked layers on the substrate, and a plurality of wavelength transforming layers on the light-emitting stacked layers, wherein the light-emitting stacked layer emits a first light with a first dominant wavelength variation; the wavelength transforming layer absorbs the first light and converts the first light into the second light with a second dominant wavelength variation; and the first dominant wavelength variation is larger than the second dominant wavelength variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Chih-Chiang LU, Shu-Ting Hsu, Yen-Wen Chen, Chien-Yuan Wang, Ru-Shi Liu, Min-Hsun Hsieh
  • Apparatus and method for nanowire optical emission
    Patent number: 8390005
    Abstract: An optical emitter includes at least one nanowire connected in a circuit such that current selectively flows into the nanowire. The nanowire has a length-to-diameter ratio of ten or less. A method for generating optical emission includes applying a voltage across a nanowire to inject charge carriers into the nanowire, the nanowire having a length-to-diameter ratio of ten or less; and confining the charge carriers within the nanowire by placing a high bandgap material at each end of the nanowire, wherein the charge carriers recombine to emit optical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Wang, Nobuhiko Kobayashi
  • Solar cell employing a nanowire
    Patent number: 8390086
    Abstract: One embodiment in accordance with the invention is a solar cell comprising a non-single crystal substrate; a nanowire grown from a surface of the non-single crystal substrate; and an electrode coupled to the nanowire, wherein the nanowire is electrically conductive and is for absorbing electromagnetic wave and generating a current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Wang, Nobuhiko Kobayashi
  • Adjusting Method and System of Intelligent Vehicle Imaging Device
    Publication number: 20130054086
    Abstract: An adjusting method and an adjusting system of an intelligent vehicle imaging device are provided, wherein a real feature point for comparison is disposed in a monitoring area around a vehicle. A camera captures images around the vehicle. The images are transmitted to the controller and displayed on a touch display panel. The controller performs image processing on the images and the real feature point, and compares the real feature point with position data of predetermined feature points, and generates a bird's-eye view image. If the images are captured, the bird's-eye view image is rotated and scaled after conversion according to a predetermined position and a predetermined proportion and then is located on a stitched image and outputted. A blind spot area size or a lane departure parameter is selected through the touch display panel, and the stitched image is adjusted through the touch display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: AUTORAD TECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sheng-Chieh LO, Chia-Tseng CHEN, Chih-Yuan WANG
  • Controllable optical ring resonator having periodically spaced control electrodes
    Patent number: 8385698
    Abstract: A controllable optical ring resonator, a photonic system and a method of controlling an optical ring resonator employ control electrodes periodically spaced apart along a closed loop optical path of an optical waveguide. The controllable optical ring resonator includes the optical waveguide and a plurality of the periodically spaced control electrodes. The photonic system includes an input optical waveguide segment and the controllable optical ring resonator adjacent and optically coupled to the segment. The method includes providing the plurality of periodically spaced control electrodes, providing an optical signal within the optical path, and addressing one or more of the control electrodes to interact with the optical signal within the optical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Terrel L. Morris, Michael R. Tan, Wei Wu, Shih-Yuan Wang
  • S-5-SUBSTITUENT-N-2'-(THIOPHENE-2-YL)ETHYL-TETRALIN-2-AMINE OR CHIRAL ACID SALTS THEREOF AND USE FOR PREPARING ROTIGOTINE
    Publication number: 20130046100
    Abstract: The chiral compound S-5-substituted-N-2?-(thienyl-2-yl-)ethyl-tetralin-2-amine or its chiral acid salts and preparation method thereof are disclosed, and the method for preparing Rotigotine by using the chiral compound is also disclosed. Racemic 5-substituted-N-2?-(thien-2-yl-)ethyl-tetralin-2-amine (compound 1) is resolved by using a conventional chiral acid to obtain an optically pure chiral acid salt of S-5-substituted-N-2?-(thien-2-yl-)ethyl-tetralin-2-amine, which is then dissociated to obtain S-5-substituted-N-2?-(thien-2-yl-)ethyl-tetralin-2-amine (compound 2). The compound 2 or chiral acid salt thereof is alkylated and deprotected to produce rotigotine (compound 5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: 2Y-Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Xungui He, Jianping Guo, Yanling Wang, Wensheng Tang, Xingzhong Zhang, Xuezhang Wang, Yuan Wang
  • Federation of master data management systems
    Patent number: 8380787
    Abstract: Federating master data management systems may include a network-aware adapter configured with a host master data management node. The network-aware adapter may establish one or more links with other master data management systems to allow the system to work together and leverage each other's data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rangachari Anand, Stacy F. Hobson, Juhnyoung Lee, Xuan Liu, Bin Wang, Yuan Wang, Jing Min Xu, Jeaha Yang
  • DC power conversion circuit with constant current output
    Patent number: RE44061
    Abstract: A DC power conversion circuit with constant current output includes a DC voltage source, a driving circuit and a control signal generator. The DC voltage source is used for providing DC power. The driving circuit includes a switch, a resistor, a diode, and an inductor. The switch has three ends, one used for receiving a control signal. Furthermore, the switch is used for conducting or cutting off a coupling between the other two ends according to the control signal. The resistor is coupled between the switch and a first grounding end. The diode has a first end and a second end coupled to a second grounding end. The inductor has a first end coupled to the first grounding end, and a second end coupled to a load circuit. The control signal generator generates the control signal for the second end of the switch according to a current of the resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: IML International
    Inventor: Shih-Yuan Wang