Patents by Inventor Yun Chen

Yun Chen 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: 20240021453
    Abstract: A method includes transferring a tool monitoring device over a load port of a tool. A bottom of the tool monitoring device has a plurality of holes, and the load port comprises a plurality of pins at a top surface of the load port. The tool monitoring device is placed on the top surface of the load port. The pins at the top surface of the load port are plugged into the holes of the tool monitoring device. Heights of the pins are sensed to identifying a type of the load port after the tool monitoring device is placed on the top surface of the load port. An environment around the load port is monitored by using the tool monitoring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hom-Chung LIN, Chi-Ying CHANG, Jih-Churng TWU, Chin-Yun CHEN, Yi-Ting CHANG, Feng-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240020431
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a connection design method for a lateral resisting system of a self-centering steel frame, comprising: determining basic sizes and performance parameters of a steel frame, a connection design load, the performance targets of connections and an inter-storey drift angle limit, calculating an inter-storey lateral drift limit, the rotational stiffness of a beam column connection and a column base connection and the angular drift limits of the beam column connection and the column base connection, designing the section size of an energy dissipation steel plate, calculating an allowable bending moment of a column bottom and an allowable bending moment of the beam column connection, an axial force of anchor rod and the axial force of a beam column and the local pressure of each flange when the column bottom reaches angular drift limits, conducting strength checking, stability checking and local pressure checking, and checking self-centering capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yun Chen, Hailiang Zhang, Bicheng Zhou, Baoping Wang, Fengchao Zhang, Huabing Xiong, Donglei Yang, Longgang Lei
  • Patent number: 11871889
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning robot. The cleaning robot includes a body, a traveling assembly, a rolling brush assembly and a dust suction assembly. The traveling assembly, the rolling brush assembly and the dust suction assembly are arranged on the body. The dust suction assembly includes a dust box arranged in front of the rolling brush assembly in the advancing direction of the cleaning robot. The rolling brush assembly is configured for sweeping garbage on a ground. The dust box is configured for receiving garbage swept by the rolling brush assembly. The present application is beneficial to increasing the volume and storage space of the dust box, reducing the number of times of cleaning the dust box by the user, and improving the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: YUNJING INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., YUNJING INTELLIGENCE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junbin Zhang, Weijing Lin, Minzhao Xie, Minhua Sheng, Yun Chen, Zhaoqun Zhu, Yu Ai, Xingyan Li
  • Patent number: 11872664
    Abstract: A technological equipment for tank track moving supports is provided and includes a zero-point positioning system, a workpiece identifying system and a clamping apparatus in cooperation with the moving support, the clamping apparatus includes a tooling plate, a clamp and a pressing device for pressing the moving support are detachably connected to the tooling plate, the moving support is located between the clamp and the pressing device, and the pressing device abuts against the moving support. The moving support with different shapes and sizes can be clamped, and the clamping is stable and convenient to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Qingdao University of Technology, IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Shubham Sharma, Qingdao Cabos Intelligent Manufacturing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yanbin Zhang, Shuaiqiang Xu, Shubham Sharma, Aiguo Qin, Changhe Li, Hanqi Fan, Junting Li, Tao Jiang, Min Li, Zongming Zhou, Bo Liu, Yun Chen, Yuying Yang
  • Patent number: 11870186
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a power distribution device. The power distribution device includes an input to receive power, a plurality of outputs, each output of the plurality of outputs being configured to provide output power, and being coupled to the input, a plurality of switching devices, each switching device of the plurality of switching devices being coupled to a respective output of the plurality of outputs, and a controller coupled to each of the plurality of switching devices. The controller is configured to receive power information indicative of the output power provided by each output of the plurality of outputs, determine, based on the power information, that an overcurrent condition exists, select, based on the power information and based on the determination that the overcurrent condition exists, at least one of the plurality of switching devices to disable, and disable the at least one switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui-Ju Lee, Huang-Yun Chen
  • Publication number: 20240006535
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a multi-gate FET device disposed over the substrate, a first isolation disposed in the substrate, and a second isolation disposed in the substrate. The multi-gate FET device includes a gate structure and epitaxial source/drain structures disposed at two sides of the gate structure. The first isolation includes a first portion and a second portion over the first portion. A top surface of the second portion is aligned with a top surface of the epitaxial source/drain structures. A width of the second portion is different from a width of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: TZU-GING LIN, CHUN-LIANG LAI, YUN-CHEN WU, SHUN-HUI YANG
  • Patent number: 11857839
    Abstract: A method for retrofitting exercise machines includes removably attaching a sensor module to a moving part of an exercise machine, the sensor module being configured to detect movements of the moving part and transmit the detected data by a first wireless communication connection, placing a control module in a vicinity of yet separated from the exercise machine, the control module being configured to receive the detected data, calculate an angle value and a speed range using the detected data and transmit the angle value and the speed range by a second wireless communication connection, providing a remote cloud-based application server configured to receive the angle value and the speed range via the second wireless communication connection, verify a user, produce data packets based on the angle value, the speed range and the verified user information and transmit the data packets to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsin-Hui Liao, Yi-Hsuan Cheng, Chih Hao Chiu, Tai-Yun Chen
  • Patent number: 11857130
    Abstract: A cleaning assembly and a cleaning apparatus are provided. The cleaning assembly includes a fixing mechanism, a lifting shaft, a moving member, a first drive mechanism and a cleaning module. The lifting shaft penetrates through the fixing mechanism and is configured to slide along an axial direction of the lifting shaft relative to the fixing mechanism. One end of the lifting shaft is connected to the cleaning module, and the other end is connected to the moving member. The moving member is configured to cause the lifting shaft to slide along the axial direction of the lifting shaft. The first drive mechanism is connected to the moving member by a transmission device and is configured to cause the moving member to move in a reciprocating motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Yunjing Intelligence Innovation (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Yunjing Intelligence (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Chen, Zhaoqun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230418913
    Abstract: In a server configured to operate on a network, secured access to shared digital content may be implemented by analyzing information about a first user and a second user with a neural network trained with a machine learning algorithm to determine a relationship between the first and second users. The first user may be granted access to one or more content items belonging to the second user based on the determined relationship and the second user's access to the one or more content items may be disabled. The first user's access to the content items may be disabled when the second user requests access to them and access of the content items may be returned to the second user after access for the first user to the one or more content items has been disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: David Haydon, Monica Dabaghi, Urson Urbanik, Cullen Coughlin, Yun Chen
  • Patent number: 11852983
    Abstract: An alignment nozzle jig for centering a coater photoresist arm that includes an alignment nozzle block. The alignment nozzle jig also includes an endoscope holder removably secured to a bottom of the alignment nozzle block, an endoscope, and an alignment mark removably coupled to the endoscope holder opposite the alignment nozzle block. The alignment nozzle jig is retrieved from a nozzle bath by the coater arm and transferred to a center of a chuck in an associated process chamber. Via the endoscope, the coater photoresist arm is aligned with the center of the chuck using the alignment mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Heng-Wei Liao, Ju-Hung Chen, Shih-Yun Chen
  • Patent number: 11855040
    Abstract: Methods of ion implantation combined with annealing using a pulsed laser or a furnace for cutting substrate in forming semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices including the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a transistor structure of a device on a first semiconductor substrate; forming a front-side interconnect structure over a front side of the transistor structure; bonding a carrier substrate to the front-side interconnect structure; implanting ions into the first semiconductor substrate to form an implantation region of the first semiconductor substrate; and removing the first semiconductor substrate. Removing the first semiconductor substrate includes applying an annealing process to separate the implantation region from a remainder region of the first semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a back-side interconnect structure over a back side of the transistor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huicheng Chang, Jyh-Cherng Sheu, Chen-Fong Tsai, Yun Chen Teng, Han-De Chen, Yee-Chia Yeo
  • Publication number: 20230410404
    Abstract: Three dimensional object reconstruction for sensor simulation includes performing operations that include rendering, by a differential rendering engine, an object image from a target object model, and computing, by a loss function of the differential rendering engine, a loss based on a comparison of the object image with an actual image and a comparison of the target object model with a corresponding lidar point cloud. The operations further include updating the target object model by the differential rendering engine according to the loss, and rendering, after updating the target object model, a target object in a virtual world using the target object model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: WAABI Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Ioan Andrei Barsan, Yun Chen, Wei-Chiu Ma, Sivabalan Manivasagam, Raquel Urtasun, Jingkang Wang, Ze Yang
  • Patent number: 11845663
    Abstract: A method for integrally forming a graphene film (GF) of a high specific surface area (SSA) by ultrafast ultraviolet (UV) laser processing, includes: selecting a carbon precursor material, where the carbon precursor material is one selected from the group consisting of a biomass/hydrogel composite and a heavy hydrocarbon compound; adding an activator solution to an inside of the carbon precursor material to obtain a composite with an activator uniformly loaded, and spreading the composite on a flexible substrate to form a carbon precursor material layer; heating and drying the carbon precursor material layer; in-situ processing with an ultrafast UV laser to obtain an activated GF of a high SSA; and cleaning and drying the activated GF. With the method of the present disclosure, a microporous activated GF of a high SSA can be directly processed in-situ on a flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Huilong Liu, Yun Chen, Xin Chen, Yixin Zheng, Kyoung-Sik Moon, Dachuang Shi, Jian Gao, Ching-Ping Wong
  • Publication number: 20230401730
    Abstract: A three-dimensional measurement method comprises: converting a total number of levels of sawtooth fringes into a Gray code and acquiring a sawtooth slope coefficient; fusing the coefficient into a sawtooth fringe image to generate a target sawtooth fringe pattern; projecting each target sawtooth fringe pattern to a surface of a to-be-measured object through a projector, and collecting a deformed target sawtooth fringe pattern on the surface through a camera; solving a Gray code of each sawtooth fringe collection pattern at each pixel point according to a differential property of adjacent pixels in each sawtooth fringe collection pattern and solving a fringe level and a wrapped phase at each pixel point; calculating an absolute phase at each pixel point according to the fringe level and the wrapped phase at each pixel point, and reconstructing a three-dimensional point cloud through triangulation ranging to obtain a three-dimensional model of the to-be-measured object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Zhuojun ZHENG, Jian GAO, Lanyu ZHANG, Haixiang DENG, Yun CHEN, Xin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230399783
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an isolation type tunnel washer for cleaning clothes, which comprises a closed tunnel washer box body. A partition wall is provided in the middle of the tunnel washer box body, a feeding port and a discharging port are provided at two ends of the tunnel washer box body, and the feeding port and the discharging port are respectively located at two sides of the partition wall. A water vapor separation structure is mounted between the feeding port and the partition wall, the water vapor separation structure extracts and exhausts air from the interior of the tunnel washer box body, and a first door body and a second door body which can be opened and closed are respectively mounted at the feeding port and the discharging port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Shengang Cai, Weibing Lu, Lei Xia, Wenxian Tang, Zhiying Sun, Yun Chen, Jian Zhang, Sheng Guo, Xiuqing Cao
  • Patent number: 11842769
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of the disclosure is directed to a memory circuit having a leakage current blocking mechanism and a memory device having the memory circuit. In an aspect, one embodiment of the disclosure describes a memory circuit which includes not limited to a memory array which includes a first memory cell connected to a first bit line and a second memory cell connected to a second bit line, a pre-charge circuit which is connected to the memory array and includes a first pre-charge device, and a programming circuit which is connected to the pre-charge circuit and comprises a programming transistor which has a higher drive capability than the first pre-charge device so as to drive the first bit line to a ground voltage in response to the first write operation, wherein in response to a first write operation on the first memory cell, a current flow exists between the programming circuit and the first pre-charge device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tien-Yen Wang, Yun-Chen Chou, Chun-Hsiung Hung
  • Publication number: 20230392087
    Abstract: A process includes: cutting a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock oil into a light distillate oil and a heavy distillate oil; introducing the light distillate oil and a first catalyst into a down-flow reactor to produce a stream; subjecting the stream to a gas-solid separation to produce a first reaction hydrocarbon product and a first spent catalyst; or, introducing the stream into a fluidized bed reactor, and then subjecting to a gas-solid separation to produce a second reaction hydrocarbon product and a second spent catalyst; introducing a continuous catalyst, the heavy distillate oil and a second catalyst into an up-flow reactor, and then subjecting to a gas-solid separation to produce a third reaction hydrocarbon product and a third spent catalyst; separating out lower carbon olefins and light aromatics from reaction hydrocarbon products, separating out a light olefin fraction, and returning the light olefin fraction to the fluidized bed reactor or the up-flow reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicants: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SINOPEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianhong GONG, Xieqing WANG, Chao YANG, Xiaoli WEI, Genquan ZHU, Wenming MA, Yun CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230390746
    Abstract: This application discloses a silicon carbide (SiC)-loaded graphene photocatalyst for hydrogen production under visible light irradiation and a preparation method thereof. Pure SiC and pure black carbon are respectively prepared and mixed to obtain a mixture with a resistance less than 100?. Then the mixture was vacuumized and processed with a current pulse with an increasing voltage until a breakdown occurs, and subjected to ultrasonic stirring, centrifugal washing and vacuum drying in turn to obtain the SiC-loaded graphene photocatalyst. By means of the current pulse, a heterojunction is formed between SiC and graphene to improve the catalytic activity of the photocatalyst; and the photocatalytic hydrogen production rate of SiC nanoparticles can be enhanced after loaded on the graphene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yun CHEN, Shengbao LAI, Biao LI, Zuohui LIU, Guanhai WEN, Maoxiang HOU, Xin CHEN
  • Patent number: 11838064
    Abstract: A method for controlling display and related products are provided. During outputting sound through a speaker of an electronic device, if an operating frequency of the speaker for playing the obtained first audio data is within an interference range of a first MIPI operating frequency of the MIPI of the display screen, and a percentage of interfered audio in the first audio data is greater than a first threshold, the first MIPI operating frequency of the MIPI of the display screen is adjusted to a target frequency such that a percentage of audio to be interfered in the first audio data is less than a second threshold, where second threshold is less than the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Tang, Zhengpeng Tan, Yun Chen, Lizhong Wang, Hai Yang
  • Publication number: 20230389431
    Abstract: A core-shell coaxial gallium nitride piezoelectric nanogenerator includes a core-shell coaxial gallium nitride nanowire array and a flexible substrate. A first conductive layer is provided on a surface of the flexible substrate. The core-shell coaxial gallium nitride nanowire array is fixed to the flexible substrate. A top end of the core-shell coaxial gallium nitride nanowire array is provided with a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are both connected to an external circuit via a wire. A nanowire of the core-shell coaxial gallium nitride nanowire array is covered with an alumina layer. A method for preparing the core-shell coaxial gallium nitride piezoelectric nanogenerator is further provided. The gallium nitride nanowire array is formed by electrodeless photoelectrochemical etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yun CHEN, Pengfei YU, Aoke SONG, Zijian LI, Maoxiang HOU, Xin CHEN