Patents by Inventor Zhi An

Zhi An 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: 20170054099
    Abstract: A solid state light-emitting device comprising: a first electrode coupled to a first charge injecting layer; a second electrode coupled to a second charge injecting layer; an emissive layer comprising a perovskite material, wherein the emissive layer is provided between the first and second charge injecting layers; and wherein the bandgaps of the first and second charge injecting layers are larger than the bandgap of the emissive perovskite layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Henry Friend, Reza Saberi Moghaddam, Zhi Kuang Tan, Aditya Sadhanala, May Ling Lai, Pablo Docampos, Felix Deschler, Michael Price, Fabian Hanusch, Henry Snaith
  • Publication number: 20170053827
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes forming a first gate structure over a substrate, forming a source/drain feature in the substrate adjacent the first gate structure, forming a dielectric layer over the first gate structure and the source/drain feature, removing a portion of the dielectric layer to form a first trench exposing the first gate structure and the source/drain feature, forming a first conductive feature in the first trench, removing a first portion of the first gate structure to form a second trench and forming a second conductive feature in the second trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Chun-Hsiung Lin, Chia-Hao Chang, Jia-Chuan You, Wei-Hao Wu, Yi-Hsiung Lin, Zhi-Chang Lin
  • Patent number: 9576505
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reorganizing display of a railway timetable diagram. A method of reorganizing the display of a railway timetable diagram, including: generating a relational graph by using a multiple of stations in the railway timetable diagram and correlations between the stations; partitioning the relational graph according to a partition rule, where the partition rule reduces lines crossing in at least one page and/or section in at least one page in a reorganized railway timetable diagram, where the lines representing an association between respective stations along a path in the reorganized railway timetable diagram; and displaying a reorganized railway timetable diagram based on a result of the partitioning. An apparatus for reorganizing the display of a railway timetable diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Gao, Wen Ting Mo, Wei Sun, Bao Hua Wang, Feng Juan Wang, Zhi Hu Wang, Xin Zang
  • Patent number: 9577545
    Abstract: A power circuit, a converter structure and a wind power generation system thereof are disclosed. The power circuit includes a first converter having an AC input side and a DC output side, a second converter having a DC input side and an AC output side, and a DC bus storage unit electrically connected to the DC output side of the first converter and the DC input side of the second converter. A level number, a switching valve type and/or a circuit connection of the first converter are different from those of the second converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jing-Tao Tan, Zhi-Jian Zhou, Zhi Li, Shuo Huang, Wei-Xing Liu
  • Patent number: 9575264
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a collar body with a defined interior space extending from a first end to a second end, a backbone with a main body portion and a cover portion extending from the main body portion, the backbone having a defined interior space extending from a first end to a second end, and a boot with a defined interior space extending from a first end to a second end, a portion of the defined interior space including a convex interior wall. The collar body is inserted into at least a portion of the backbone defined space and the backbone is inserted into at least a portion of the boot defined space. The boot interior wall is configured to resist against the backbone cover portion to clamp an optical fiber in the backbone main body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le-Peng Wei, Zhi-Ming Li
  • Patent number: 9575821
    Abstract: The present application provides a method and a device for preventing window's lagging, and relates to the field of computer technology. The method comprises: when a child window is created by a thread, a middle window being firstly created in a thread different from the thread in which each child window of a window system is positioned, wherein the middle window is the parent window of the child window currently created, the parent window of the middle window is a frame parent window, and the thread in which the child window currently created is positioned differs from the thread in which the frame parent window is positioned; if window's lagging of a child window occurs, a window's lagging message of the child window in which window's lagging occurs being sent to the thread in which the corresponding middle window is positioned; and the middle window and the child window in which window's lagging occurs are separated from a window frame by the thread in which the middle window is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: BEIJING QIHOO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Baosheng Li, Zhi Chen, Peng Sun, Huan Ren
  • Patent number: 9575399
    Abstract: A projector includes a shell, a projection lens, an optical engine module, a power supply module a light source module and a fan. The shell defines an air inlet, an air outlet and forms a first room, a second room and a third room. The first room and the second room communicate with the air inlet. The third room communicates with the air outlet. The projection lens and the optical engine module are positioned in the first room. The power supply module is positioned in the second room. The light source module is positioned in the third room. Heated air in the first room can flows to the second room. Heated air in the second room can flows to the third room. The fan is positioned in the third room to expel heated air from within the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WuHan) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Wen Yeh, Zhi-Jian Peng
  • Patent number: 9574787
    Abstract: A panel component (1) comprises a plastic substrate (3), a display (2), and a metal panel (6) covering an outer surface of the plastic substrate (3). The metal panel (6) is fixed on the plastic substrate (3). The display (2) is mounted on the plastic substrate (3) through a display mounting structure. A light-transmitting structure is arranged in the metal panel (6) in a region corresponding to the location of the display (2). The metal panel (6) enables the panel component (1) to have good decorating effect, and the light-transmitting structure ensures clear display. Further disclosed are an air conditioner provided with the panel component (1) and a method for manufacturing the air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Zhi Meng, Hui Zhang, Shaolin Chen, Xianlin Wang, Hai Luo, Shuaihui Sun
  • Patent number: 9574156
    Abstract: A lubricant composition comprising lubricating oil and a compound containing phosphorus and an amine of formula I: wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group and at least one of R1 is selected from: —(C1-C20)alkyl, —(C1-C20)alkenyl, —(C5-C20)cycloalkyl; R is selected from: —(C4-C20)alkyl, —(C4-C20)alkenyl, —(C5-C20)cycloalkyl; and wherein R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from: —H, —(C6-C36)alkyl, —(C6-C36)alkenyl, —(C6-C36)cycloalkyl, wherein at least one of R2, R3 and R4 is not H; X is O or S; Y1 and Y2 are selected from S and O; m is 1 or 2, n is 0 or 1, p is 1 or 2, provided that m+n+p=3 and q=0.8 to 1.2*p, wherein the compound provides at least 48 ppm of phosphorus and a molar ratio phosphorus to nitrogen (P/N) in the range of about 0.40 to about 1.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hong-Zhi Tang, Lee D. Saathoff
  • Patent number: 9575822
    Abstract: An order controller stores each received event in a separate entry in one of at least two queues with a separate counter value set from an arrival order counter at the time of storage, wherein the arrival order counter is incremented after storage of each of the received events and on overflow the arrival order counter wraps back to zero. The order controller calculates an exclusive OR value of a first top bit of a first counter for a first queue from among the at least two queues and a second top bit of a second counter for a second queue from among the at least two queues. The order controller compares the exclusive OR value with a comparator bit to determine whether a first counter value in the first counter was stored before a second counter value in the second counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Zhi G. Liu, Megan P. Nguyen, Bill N. On, Lyndsi R. Parker
  • Patent number: 9576477
    Abstract: Electrical equipment includes a power supply unit, a signal receiving unit, a rectifying and filtering unit, a switch unit, and a control. The rectifying and filtering unit rectifies and filters remote signals received by the signal receiving unit to generate first voltage signals. The switch unit connects the power supply unit to an external power in response to receiving the first voltage signals. The control identifies a current mode of the electrical equipment and determines whether the first voltage signal persists longer than a predetermined time or not. The control outputs a second voltage signals in response to the duration time of the first voltage signals being greater than the predetermined time. The switch unit further connects the power supply unit to the external power according to the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal to start the electrical equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhi-Ming Zhang, Bin Jiang
  • Patent number: 9577029
    Abstract: A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes a step hereinafter. A 5-layered dual-dielectric structure is provided on a substrate. The 5-layered dual-dielectric structure includes a bottom metal layer, a first dielectric layer, an intermediate metal layer, a second dielectric layer and a top metal layer in order. The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer have different thicknesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhi-Biao Zhou, Shao-Hui Wu, Chi-Fa Ku
  • Publication number: 20170048533
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a video transcoding method and a video transcoding device, used for solving the problems in the prior art that a user cannot clearly watch video content during watching and the user experience is reduced because the content of the sampled screen video is vague. The method comprises the following steps: recognizing an original video, and determining whether the original video is a screen video; and transcoding the original video according to a resolution ratio of the original video if the original video is the screen video. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the screen video does not need to be sampled, and the content of the transcoded video is not vague, so that the user can clearly watch the video content during watching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Yang Liu, Maosheng Bai, Wei Wei, Yangang Cai, Zhi Bian
  • Publication number: 20170045655
    Abstract: A coextruded multilayered thermoplastic article including: a first layer with a first surface texture, wherein the first layer comprises a first transparent thermoplastic polymer having a first stress optical coefficient (Cm1) measured at 20° C. above the glass transition temperature of the first polymer; a second layer located comprising a second transparent thermoplastic polymer having a second stress optical coefficient (Cm2) measured at 20° C. above the glass transition temperature of the second matrix;wherein a relation between the first stress optical coefficient and the second stress optical coefficient is Cm2>4(Cm1) (Formula A) wherein the thickness of the first layer measured from the highest peaks of the first surface texture to the second side of the first layer is greater than 1.5 times Rz of the first surface texture but less than or equal to 75% of the total thickness of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jian Zhou, Adel Bastawros, Wei Feng, Zhi Wang, Yuan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20170046745
    Abstract: The present teaching relates to providing an advertisement to a user. In one example, data associated with the user are obtained through a plurality of platforms. One or more advertisements accessed by the user are determined based on the data. A user profile associated with the user is created based on the one or more advertisements and the platforms. One of the platforms through which the user is accessing the network is detected. An advertisement is provided to the user based on the user profile and the detected platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
    Inventors: Delu Zhu, Zhi Xu, Lei Wu
  • Publication number: 20170045260
    Abstract: The invention discloses a movement mechanism for a panel mechanism of a household appliance wherein, the movement mechanism includes: a rotary disc (21), rotatably provided, a first support (22) is fixedly provided on the rotary disc (21), and a free end of the first support (22) having a first connection portion; and a second support (23), the second support (23) and the rotary disc (21) being hinged to a second connection portion, a first end of the second support (23) having a third connection portion, and the third connection portion being movable along a predetermined track when the rotary disc (21) rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: HAI LUO, Zhi MENG, YUPENG HUANG
  • Publication number: 20170043365
    Abstract: A dispenser (100) comprises a bottle (110) having an external wall (111), a gasket (120) defining an upper cavity (112) and a lower cavity (114) within the bottle and configured to substantially seal said upper cavity (112) form said lower cavity (114), and a fluid dispensing mechanism configured to allow fluid to be dispensed from said lower cavity (114) to the outside of the bottle (110) when the dispensing mechanism is actuated, wherein said gasket (120) is capable of moving towards the lower cavity (114) upon actuation of the dispensing mechanism and of moving towards the upper cavity (112) upon entrance of the fluid into said lower cavity (114), and a fluid refill mechanism configured to allow fluid to enter said lower cavity (114) when said refill mechanism is fluidly coupled to a fluid source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: BEAUTY UNION GLOBAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi Ming HUI, Zhi WANG
  • Publication number: 20170048679
    Abstract: In an approach for determining an unauthorized device, a computer receives detection information from a computing device, wherein the detection information includes a broadcast transmission from one or more devices. The computer creates a state trajectory map based on the received detection information, wherein the state trajectory map identifies connections between at least the computing device and a first device of the one or more devices and the computing device and a second device of the one or more devices. The computer one or more anomalies within the created state trajectory map. The computer determines an unauthorized device based on the determined one or more anomalies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Zhang Chao, Qiang Guan, Li Li, Chun hua Tian, Fengjuan Wang, Zhi Jun Wang
  • Publication number: 20170048290
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for multi-hop small cell auto discovery for software-defined networking (“SDN”)-enabled radio access networks (“RANs”). According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a small cell RAN node can include a network backhaul link connected to a further small cell radio access network node operating within a RAN controlled, at least in part, by a SDN controller. The small cell RAN node can generate an enhanced OFDP multicast message that includes a SDN characteristic for the SDN controller to use, at least in part, to discover the small cell RA node as operational within the RAN. The small cell RAN node can send the enhanced OFDP multicast message over the network backhaul link in an attempt to provide the SDN characteristic to the SDN controller so SDN controller can discover the small cell RAN node as operational within the RAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Paul Edward Smith, JR., Mostafa Tofighbakhsh
  • Publication number: 20170046838
    Abstract: In the present invention are a method and apparatus for processing a block to be processed of a urine sediment image. The method comprises: dividing a block to be processed into a plurality of grids; calculating an n-dimensional local feature vector of each grid of the plurality of grids, where n is a positive integer; in the block to be processed, merging at least two adjacent grids of the plurality of grids into an intermediate block; calculating an intermediate block merging feature vector of the intermediate block; according to a predetermined combination rule, combining the intermediate block merging feature vectors obtained for different intermediate blocks of the block to be processed into a general combination feature vector of the block to be processed; and by way of taking the general combination feature vector as a feature in a feature set of block processing, processing the block to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Jiang Tian, Juan Xu, Zhi Yuan Zhang