Patents by Inventor Yuan Yao

Yuan Yao 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).

  • Publication number: 20220349932
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of analyzing a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a first transistor, a second transistor disposed adjacent to the first transistor, and a gate electrode common to the first transistor and the second transistor; connecting a power-supply voltage (Vdd) to the gate electrode to turn on the first transistor, determining a first threshold voltage (Vth) based on the power-supply voltage; switching the power-supply voltage to a ground voltage (Vss); connecting the ground voltage to the gate electrode to turn on the second transistor; and determining a second threshold voltage based on the ground voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: WEI-JHIH WANG, CHIA WEI HUANG, CHIA-CHIA KAN, YUAN-YAO CHANG
  • Patent number: 11488511
    Abstract: An image processing method, a drive device, a display panel, and a wearable device are disclosed. The image processing method includes: determining an adjacent display pixel adjacent to each grayscale transition region in the row direction or in the column direction in the display image region according to a position of the grayscale transition region; determining a transition pixel in the grayscale transition region; acquiring a first pixel grayscale, in which the first pixel grayscale is a grayscale of the adjacent display pixel; acquiring a second pixel grayscale; adjusting a third pixel grayscale of the transition pixel according to the first pixel grayscale, the second pixel grayscale and the transition pixel, in which the third pixel grayscale is between the first pixel grayscale and the second pixel grayscale; and transmitting the third pixel grayscale to the display panel for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Yu, Yuan Yao, Chuanyan Lan, Taehyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20220336838
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a stable and high-capacity neutral aqueous redox flow lithium battery based on redox-targeting reaction and belongs to the technical field of flow lithium batteries. The present disclosure solves the technical problem that an existing flow battery can only work at low current density. The flow lithium battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode storage tank and a negative electrode storage tank; the positive electrode storage tank is filled with a positive electrolyte; and the negative electrode storage tank is filled with a negative electrolyte. The flow lithium battery is characterized in that the positive electrolyte includes a salt containing [Fe(CN)6]4? and/or [Fe(CN)6]3?, and the positive electrode storage tank is further filled with LFP particles and/or FP particles. The flow lithium battery of the present disclosure has wide application prospects in the field of large-scale energy storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaohong Wu, Songtao Lu, Wei Qin, Xin Jia, Yuan Yao, Yang Li
  • Publication number: 20220317688
    Abstract: A system and method for automatic row alignment driving by a harvester when harvesting above-ground crops includes an elastic row sensing module, a processing module, a controlling module, and a steering module. The elastic row sensing module is disposed on a front grain thresher/grain isolator of the harvester, collecting data as to physical contact with the crop. The elastic row sensing module includes a deformable elastomer in contact with the high stem crop, the sensor detects and reports deformation of the elastomer. The processing module determines current alignment state of the harvester and the controlling module determines any corrective steering signal for the harvester. The steering module controls steering direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: HONG-XIN LI, BIN LI, SHUO QIN, QING-QUAN WANG, BO WANG, Yuan Yao, Di Wu
  • Patent number: 11460392
    Abstract: A non-contact fiber permeability measurement system includes a mold device, a fluid supplying device, a capacitance detecting device and a permeability converting device. The mold device includes an upper plate, a lower plate and a fluid inlet. The lower plate is parallel to and disposed below the upper plate for forming an accommodating space disposing a measured fibrous fabric insulated against the upper plate and the lower plate. The fluid inlet is disposed through the upper plate. The fluid supplying device is connected to the mold device and for providing a fluid perfused from the fluid inlet into the accommodating space. The capacitance detecting device is electrically connected to the upper plate and the lower plate. The permeability converting device is electrically connected to the capacitance detecting device and for receiving the capacitance detected via the capacitance detecting device to convert the capacitance to a permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yuan Yao, Cheng-Yi Yang
  • Patent number: 11462607
    Abstract: A display substrate includes: a base substrate having a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area; an electroluminescent device disposed on the base substrate and located in the display area, the electroluminescent device including an anode, an electroluminescent layer, and a cathode disposed in this order on the base substrate; a negative power line disposed on the base substrate and located in the peripheral area, the negative power line extending along a side of the base substrate and being electrically connected to the cathode; and an insulating layer between the base substrate and the negative power line, a side of the insulating layer close to the negative power line being provided with at least a trench. The trench is located in the peripheral area and extends in an extending direction of the negative power line, a part of the negative power line being located in the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Zhang, Yonglin Guo, Yuan Yao
  • Publication number: 20220299890
    Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing system includes a semiconductor processing apparatus. The semiconductor processing apparatus includes a processing chamber configured to perform a semiconductor process on a semiconductor wafer, and a transferring module configured to transfer the semiconductor wafer into and out of the processing chamber. The semiconductor manufacturing system also includes a particle attracting member. The semiconductor manufacturing system also includes a monitoring device configured to control the transferring module to load the particle attracting member into the processing chamber in a cleaning cycle while the semiconductor wafer is not in the processing chamber, and control the transferring module to load the particle attracting member out of the processing chamber after the cleaning cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan YAO, Yu-Yu CHEN, Hsiang-Lung TSOU
  • Publication number: 20220297102
    Abstract: A catalyst structure is provided. The catalyst structure includes a porous carrier and a plurality of layered hydroxides. The porous carrier includes a nitrogen-doped carbon framework, a plurality of metal oxide particles and a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The nitrogen-doped carbon framework has a plurality of pores. The metal oxide particles are uniformly dispersed in the pores of the nitrogen-doped carbon framework. The carbon nanotubes are located on a surface of the nitrogen-doped carbon framework, and one end of each of the carbon nanotubes is connected to the surface of the nitrogen-doped carbon framework. The layered hydroxides are coated on the surface of the nitrogen-doped carbon framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yuan-Yao LI, Ta-En KO
  • Publication number: 20220270807
    Abstract: Embodiment of the present invention includes a magnetic structure and a magnetic structure used in a direct current (DC) to DC energy converter. The magnetic structure has an E-core and a plate, with the plate positioned in contact or in near contact with the post surfaces of the E-core. The E-core has a base, a no-winding leg, a transformer leg, and an inductor leg. The no-winding leg, the transformer leg, and the inductor leg are perpendicular and magnetically in contact with the base. The plate is a flat slab with lateral dimensions generally larger than its thickness. The plate has a plate nose that overlaps a top no-winding leg surface of the no-winding leg with a no-winding gap area to form a no-winding gap with a no-winding gap reluctance. The plate also has a plate end that overlaps a top inductor leg surface of the inductor leg with an inductor gap area to form an inductor gap with an inductor gap reluctance. In some embodiments, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Yuan Yao, Todd Edward Takken, Andrew Ferencz, Xin Zhang, Liam Daley McAuliffe
  • Publication number: 20220257770
    Abstract: A material comprising a highly branched carbohydrate polymer, a polyalkylene glycol (or polyalkylene oxide) linked to the highly branched carbohydrate polymer, and a hydrophobic or amphiphilic group linked to the highly branched carbohydrate polymer and/or the polyalkylene glycol (or polyalkylene oxide), is described. Methods of making and using the material, as well as a soluble composition that contains the material and a hydrophobic solute compound, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Yuan Yao, Jingmin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11385555
    Abstract: A particle removal method includes loading a particle attracting member with a coating layer into a processing chamber of a processing apparatus. The method also includes fixing the particle attracting member on a holder in the processing chamber in a cleaning cycle. The method also includes attracting particles in the processing chamber by the coating layer of the particle attracting member due to a potential difference between the particles and the coating layer. The particles are attracted to the surface of the coating layer. The method further includes loading the particle attracting member with the coating layer and the attracted particles out of the processing chamber, after the cleaning cycle. In addition, the method includes loading a semiconductor wafer into the processing chamber, and performing a semiconductor process on the semiconductor wafer in the processing chamber. The semiconductor process is performed after the cleaning cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Yao, Yu-Yu Chen, Hsiang-Lung Tsou
  • Publication number: 20220199004
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a first area and a second area, and a plurality of first pixel rows and a plurality of second pixel rows, each of the first pixel row and the second pixel row includes a plurality of pixels. The number of the pixels of each first pixel row is greater than the number of the pixels of each second pixel row. The pixels in the first pixel row are display pixels, and the plurality of pixels in the second pixel row are display pixels and virtual pixels. The display pixel includes a display pixel circuit, the virtual pixel includes a virtual pixel circuit, and the virtual pixel circuit includes a compensation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan YAO, Shuai YE, Xiyang JIA, Zhengyong ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220189386
    Abstract: A display device and a driving method therefor. The display device includes pixel units and pixel scanning circuits, and each of the pixel scanning circuits corresponds to the pixel units of a row. The driving method for the display device includes: driving, by a first driving signal corresponding to a first scanning frequency, the pixel scanning circuits, the first driving signal having row periods corresponding to a frame of image under the first scanning frequency; obtaining a switching signal, and driving, by a second driving signal corresponding to a second scanning frequency, the pixel scanning circuits according to the switching signal. The second driving signal has row periods corresponding to a frame of image under the second scanning frequency, the first scanning frequency is less than the second scanning frequency, and the row period of the first driving signal is greater than the row period of the second driving signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Kunshan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan YAO, Shuai Ye, Guangyuan Sun, Wenyuan Xi
  • Publication number: 20220167555
    Abstract: An image acquisition device and image processing method for an agricultural harvesting operation machine. The agricultural harvesting operation machine comprises a body and an image acquisition device; the image acquisition device comprises an image capturing component and a communication machine; the image acquisition device is mounted on the body; the communication machine is communicatably connected to the image capturing component so as to obtain acquired image information from the image capturing component, thereby assisting in adjusting the working position and operation speed of the body. Also provided is an image processing method. Information required by harvesting operation is taken into full consideration, images of the position of an agricultural harvesting operation machine are acquired, and multiple acquired images are efficiently processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: YONG-QUAN SHEN, BO WANG, SHUN FAN, Di Wu, Yuan Yao, XIAO ZHANG, RUI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220165709
    Abstract: A stacked semiconductor package has a substrate, a first chip, at least one spacer, a second chip and an encapsulation. The first chip and the second chip are intersecting stacked on the substrate. The at least one spacer is stacked on the substrate to support the second chip. The encapsulation is formed to encapsulate the substrate, the first chip, the at least one spacer and the second chip. The at least one spacer is made of the material of the encapsulation. Therefore, the adhesion between the at least one spacer and the encapsulation is enhanced to avoid the delamination during the reliability test and enhances the reliability of the stacked semiconductor package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Powertech Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yin-Huang KUNG, Chia-Hung LIN, Fu-Yuan YAO, Chun-Wu LIU
  • Publication number: 20220165488
    Abstract: An approach for reducing unwanted magnetic coupling with conductive elements by keeping the localized magnetic field in a transformer's or inductors magnetic gap far away from any conductive elements is provided. The approach includes the use of spacers to keep the localized magnetic field in a transformer's or inductor's magnetic gap far away from any conductive elements to reduce unwanted magnetic coupling with those conductive elements. The spacers can be made from materials including ferrite, conductors and non-conducting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Yuan Yao, Todd Edward Takken, Xin Zhang, Andrew Ferencz, Shurong Tian
  • Patent number: 11343142
    Abstract: A system performs continuous delivery of a data pipeline on a cloud platform. The system receives a specification of the data pipeline comprising data pipeline units. The system generates a deployment package for each data pipeline unit for a cloud platform. The system provisions computing infrastructure on the cloud platform according to the system configuration of the data pipeline unit. The data pipeline may be implemented as a data mesh. The data pipeline generates one or more data models. The system receives a schema representing a modification in a data model based on a change in the requirements of a consumer system. The system determines the changes to the data pipeline based on the received schema and reconfigures the data pipeline to generate the modified data model. The system manages access control of data to minimize the exposure to data in case of accidental or malicious data breach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Humana Inc.
    Inventors: Huaxia Wang, Padma Sriram, Yuan Yao, Bing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220157860
    Abstract: The present application discloses an array substrate, a display panel, and a display apparatus. The array substrate includes a hole-punching area, a wiring area at least partially surrounding the hole-punching area and a wire-wrapping area between the hole-punching area and the wiring area, the array substrate includes: a substrate and a first wiring layer arranged on the substrate; a shielding assembly at least including a first shielding layer arranged on a side of the first wiring layer, the side of the first wiring layer being away from the substrate, and the first shielding layer being insulated from the first signal wires in the first wiring layer, the first shielding layer being electrically connected to a first fixed potential terminal, wherein an orthographic projection of the first shielding layer on the substrate covers an orthographic projection of the first wire-wrapping segment of the first signal wire on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuejing Zhu, Yuan Yao, Xiyang Jia, Xiujian Zhu, Zhengyong Zhu, Jiuzhan Zhang
  • Patent number: D954576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiahong Wang, Yuan Yao, Yangzong Lu, Zhuang Li, Bowen Yin
  • Patent number: D968157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangzong Lu, Ying Tong, Yuan Yao, Yapeng Liu, Jiajia Guo, Baomin Yang