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Kai Wang

Kai Wang, Hicksville, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100323115METALLIZATION OF DIELECTRICS - A composition and method are disclosed. The composition both conditions and activates a dielectric material for metal deposition. The metal may be deposited on the dielectric by electroless methods. The metallized dielectric may be used in electronic devices.12-23-2010

Kai Wang, Suzhou CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100258631Trigger Mechanism for Hand Held Devices - A trigger mechanism with soft stops and associated method for activating a switch in a device or apparatus. The trigger mechanism includes a trigger receptacle, a trigger disposed in the trigger receptacle and movable between an un-actuated and an actuated position by a user depressing the trigger, and a soft stop comprised of at least one projection positioned to engage a resilient elastomeric insert. Moving the trigger from the un-actuated to actuated position compresses the elastomeric insert with the projection and activates the switch to provide a tactile sensation of the switch activation to the user. The switch may be an electric switch disposed in a hand held device, such as a barcode scanner in some embodiments.10-14-2010

Kai Wang, Beijing CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090019437Application management and execution system and method thereof - The invention discloses an application management and execution system and a method thereof. The application management and execution system comprises a virtual machine monitor for managing at least one virtual machine; the at least one virtual machine for processing at least one application, and storing, separately and respectively, application data used by each application and platform data required by the virtual machine for processing the application in one or more storage disk (persistent storage), and reading the application data and the platform data from the one or more storage devices respectively. The at least one application executing on the virtual machine may share the platform data in the one or more storage devices. When the virtual machine executes the at least one application, it may modify the application data in the storage devices.01-15-2009
20090144582ANTI-VIRUS METHOD BASED ON SECURITY CHIP - An anti-virus method based on a security chip according to the present invention is provided. The method comprises the following steps: a hash value obtained by a hashing operation for a computer key file and a system control program are stored in a memory of the security chip, and a backup file of the computer key file is stored in a backup storage area. When power up, the integrity of the system control program is verified by using the hash value of the system control program stored in the memory of the security chip. If the system control program is integral, a control is executed by the system control program, and the system control program verifies the integrity of the computer key file using the hash value of the computer key file stored in the memory of the security chip. If all the computer key files are integral, the operating system is started; on the contrary, if any of the computer key file is not integral, it will be restored using the backup file of the computer key file stored in the backup storage area.06-04-2009
20090177883METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ONLINE SECURE LOGGING-ON - The invention discloses a method for an online secure logging-on, comprises steps of: determining a correlation between at least one of processes and a logging-on operation; sorting the at least one of processes to two classes, that is, processes related to the logging-on operation and processes unrelated to the logging-on operation; running at least one of the processes related to the logging-on operation, when the logging-on operation is performed and a number of the processes related to the logging-on operation is one or more; and suspending at least one of the 1o processes unrelated to the logging-on operation, when the logging-on operation is performed and a number of the processes unrelated to the logging-on operation is one or more. The scheme of the present invention utilizes a real-time protection, needs less monitoring on the operating system and is easy to guarantee the stability. Since most processes of the operating system are suspended, the protection is more reliable. Corresponding to the method, the present invention also provides a device for an online secure logging-on.07-09-2009
20100174943METHOD FOR RESTORING CLIENT OPERATING SYSTEM-BASED SYSTEM, VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for restoring a client operating system-based system, a virtual machine manager and a virtual machine manager system using the same. The method comprises steps of: receiving a restoration instruction for the client operating system and suspending running the client operating system after receiving the restoration instruction, the restoration instruction including a preset restoration point; determining a first memory snapshot and a first incremental file corresponding to the restoration point, the first memory snapshot being a memory snapshot for the client operating system, which is created when setting the restoration point, and the first incremental file being an incremental file, which is mapped as the first hard disk when setting the restoration point; re-mapping the first incremental file as the first hard disk; and performing a snapshot recovery based on the first memory snapshot. With the present invention, system restoration may be performed rapidly.07-08-2010
20100215094VIDEO DECODING - A method of decoding a digital video file comprising a plurality of encoded frames each having a first number of pixels, each encoded frame composed of an integer multiple of n-order square matrices, the method comprising: i) for each n-order square matrix, performing an inverse discrete cosine transformation on the n-order square matrix to produce an m-order square matrix, where m08-26-2010
20120310746LEARNED CONTEXT CORRELATION THROUGH NETWORK COMMUNICATION OBSERVATIONS - Establishing a correlation between a user's context and wireless signal observations from that context enables wireless computing devices to provide users with targeted information. Rather than performing an expensive calibration, mobile sensor data indicative of a user's context is bundled with wireless signal observations and transmitted to server computing devices that can obtain a context from the mobile sensor data, correlate that to the wireless signal observations, and store the same in a context/wireless correlations database. When other wireless computing devices request a context based on wireless signal observations made by those wireless computing devices, reference can be made to the database and a context correlated to those wireless signal observations is obtained and provided to them, enabling targeted information to be delivered to their users. To accommodate heterogeneity among wireless computing devices the database maintains correlations according to the wireless computing devices from which the data originated.12-06-2012

Patent applications by Kai Wang, Beijing CN

Kai Wang, Bellevue, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100063259Compositions and methods for diagnosing or treating psoriasis - The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, antibodies and methods for the diagnosis and/or treatment of psoriasis.03-11-2010
20100216139METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND DEVICES UTILIZING MicroRNA TO DETERMINE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS - Methods, compositions, and devices are disclosed which use microRNA to detect, predict, treat, and monitor physiological conditions such as disease or injury. microRNA are isolated and their differential expression is measured to provide diagnostic information. This information may then be utilized for evaluation and/or treatment purposes.08-26-2010
20110230425COMPOSITIONS FOR PROTECTION AND CELLULAR DELIVERY OF INTERFERING RNA - Compositions and methods for protecting and administering small RNA to preserve stability are described. The small RNAs may either be in unmodified form or may be chemically modified to enhance stability further.09-22-2011
20120252871DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (CLL) - New markers in the form of miRNA levels in plasma are provided for indicating the presence of CLL in a subject as well as suggesting routes of therapeutic treatment.10-04-2012
20120283106METHODS TO DETECT AND QUANTIFY RNA - Improved methods to quantitate RNA in biological or other analytical samples employ extended RNAs containing adaptors at the 5′ end and polyA sequences coupled to a tag at the 3′ end. The invention method is particularly useful in quantitating microRNAs as primers can be used that need not complement the non-conserved 3′ ends of these molecules.11-08-2012

Patent applications by Kai Wang, Bellevue, OH US

Kai Wang, San Diego, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090058695ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTI-STAGE DECODING OF A CABAC BITSTREAM - Techniques for optimizing the Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) bitstream decoding are disclosed. In one configuration, a device has a first processing circuit operative to decode a Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) bitstream into an intermediate signal having a CABAC decoded standard format and a decoded order. A second processing circuit decodes the intermediate signal using a non-CABAC decoding standard. A buffer is provided between the first and second processing circuits to improve processing speeds.03-05-2009
20090089549H.264 Video Decoder CABAC Core Optimization Techniques - A device employing techniques to optimize Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) for the H.264 video decoding is provided. The device includes a processing circuit operative to implement a set of instructions to decode multiple bins simultaneously and renormalize an offset register and a range register after the multiple bins are decoded. The range register and offset registers may be 32 or 64 bits. The use of a larger range register allows renormalization to be skipped when enough bits are still in the range register.04-02-2009
20100080285DETERMINING AVAILABILITY OF VIDEO DATA UNITS - An apparatus performs efficient coding techniques to more efficiently determine an availability of neighboring video data units determined for the current video data unit. The apparatus comprises an availability determination unit that maintains an availability counter. The availability determination unit determination unit increments the availability counter after each of the plurality of video data units are processed and determines, based on the availability counter, whether one or more of the plurality of video data units (i) have been previously processed and (ii) are available for use as neighboring video data units in the processing of a current one of the plurality of video data units video data units. The apparatus further processes the current video data unit based on the determination of whether one or more of the neighboring video data units are available.04-01-2010
20120033742TWO-STAGE ENTROPY DECODING - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method of decoding video data that includes decoding compressed input video data using a first entropy coding technique to obtain first decoded data. The method further includes re-encoding the first decoded data using a second entropy coding technique that is different from the first entropy coding technique to obtain re-encoded data. The method further includes storing the re-encoded data in a storage device. The method further includes decoding the re-encoded data using the second entropy coding technique to obtain second decoded data.02-09-2012

Patent applications by Kai Wang, San Diego, CA US

Kai Wang, Shenzhen CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090106970Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Battery Preparation - A lithium-ion rechargeable battery preparation methods that utilizes a double-injection method to reduce the thickening of the solid electrolyte interface (SEI) membrane caused by electrolyte additives such as lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB). The method includes injecting a portion of the electrolyte into the battery for the formation process and injecting a second portion of the electrolyte into the battery with the additives after the formation process.04-30-2009
20100080405SILICON CONDENSER MICROPHONE PACKAGE - A silicon condenser microphone package includes a printed circuit board, a cover mounted on the printed circuit board, and a transducer unit and a controlling circuit both attached to the printed circuit board. An inner board is located in the cover. The sensitivity and frequency response of the silicon condenser microphone package is desirable.04-01-2010

Kai Wang, Yuyao CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090166654LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE WITH INCREASED LIGHT EFFICIENCY - A novel light-emitting diode structure is proposed wherein the epitaxial layers are cleaved to micro-units to suppress transverse propagation of light generated in active layer and improve light extraction efficiency. Further enhancement in light output will be obtained by introducing a light extraction layer with microstructures or directly structuring the top surface of each micro-unit. Another advantage of the method is effective thermal dissipation due to the hollowed-out pattern and possible buried heat conductive materials.07-02-2009

Kai Wang, Ann Arbor, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090145394PISTON ASSEMBLY AND CONNECTING ROD HAVING A PROFILED WRIST PIN BORE THEREFOR - A piston assembly and connecting rod therefor is provided. The connecting rod has an elongate body extending to an end for operable attachment to a piston. The end has a wrist pin bore extending between opposite sides of the body. The wrist pin bore has a wavy profile extending between the sides. The wavy profile has at least one concave surface with a valley extending along a circumferential direction of the wrist pin bore and convex surfaces having peaks extending along a circumferential direction of the wrist pin bore on laterally opposite sides of the valley. The peaks and valleys cooperate to form a smooth load gradient and uniform lubrication flow across the interface region between the wrist pin bore and the wrist pin extending therethrough.06-11-2009
20110107910PISTON WITH BLOW-BY FEATURE AND METHOD OF PREVENTING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE TO AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston and method is provided that inhibits the potential catastrophic damage to an internal combustion engine, thereby reducing the risk of costly damage to the engine. The piston includes a piston body having an upper combustion surface separated from an internal cooling chamber by a wall. The a pocket extends into the upper combustion surface to a closed bottom surface of the wall. A tubular member is disposed in the pocket. The tubular member extends upwardly from the upper surface. Should a valve head drop from its normal operating position, the valve head impacts the tubular member and forms a blow-by through passage extending from the upper combustion surface into the cooling chamber.05-12-2011
20120304956PISTON WITH WELD HARDENED RING GROOVE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - A piston and method of construction is provided. The piston includes a top part and a bottom part fixed to one another. The bottom part includes a pair of pin bosses providing a pair of laterally spaced pin bores aligned with one another along a pin bore axis. A friction weld joint bonds the top part to the bottom part. The top part and/or the lower part has an annular ring groove configured for receipt of a piston ring, wherein the ring groove has a thermally hardened surface formed by a hardened region of the heat affected zone.12-06-2012

Patent applications by Kai Wang, Ann Arbor, MI US

Kai Wang, Hillsboro, OR US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090058414MEASURING ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELD - A field detection device such as a micro-strip portion of a transmission line may detect an electric field and a magnetic field induced by current steps injected into the chassis coupled to a ground plane. The shield portions of the transmission line may be coupled to a first and a second port of an I/O connector. A measurement system coupled to the connector may determine the electric field and the magnetic field detected by the micro-strip. The measurement system may determine the electric field and magnetic field based on computing the sum and difference of the signals provided by the first port and the second port.03-05-2009

Kai Wang, Tianjin CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080201610Integrated test method on multi-operating system platform - An integrated test method on a multi-operation system (OS) platform for performing an integrated test of a file system and disk performance in a computer with an extended firmware interface (EFI) system environment on multiple OS platforms is provided. The method includes the following steps. Scan sectors of an entire physical hard disk and perform a hardware underlying test of a disk device in the EFI environment; select and load an OS, then enter the OS environment to test the file system and the disk performance in the system environment; exit from the OS and return to the EFI environment to summarize a test result; determine whether it is necessary to load other OSes, if necessary, return and load other OSes, and if not, send the summarized test result to a server terminal for analysis and processing.08-21-2008

Kai Wang, Lansdale, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110207124Genetic Alterations Associated with Autism and the Autistic Phenotype and Methods of Use Thereof for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Autism - Compositions and methods for the detection and treatment of autism and autistic spectrum disorder are provided.08-25-2011
20110311512Genetic Variants Underlying Human Cognition and Methods of Use Thereof as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets - Compositions and methods for the detection and treatment of neurological disorders, including ASD, are provided.12-22-2011

Kai Wang, Sichuan CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110229768MICROPOROUS POLYMER MEMBRANE MODIFIED BY AQUEOUS POLYMER, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND USE THEREOF - Microporous polyolefin membrane modified by aqueous polymer of the invention is obtained by the following steps: copolymerizing 100 parts of a water-soluble polymer, 30-500 parts of a hydrophobic monomer, 0-200 parts of a hydrophilic monomer and 1-5 parts of an initiator into polymeric colloid emulsion; adding 0-100% of an inorganic filler and 20-100% of a plasticizer based on 100% solid content of the polymeric colloid emulsion to obtain slurry; and coating the slurry on one or two surfaces of the surface modified microporous polyolefin membrane and then drying. The microporous polyolefin membrane modified by aqueous polymer has thermal shutdown effect and little thermal shrinkage, and improves the main problem of shrinkage of the microporous polyolefin membrane at high temperature.09-22-2011

Kai Wang, Oak Ridge, TN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120000221ABSORPTION HEAT PUMP SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An absorption heat pump system that can include a first assembly, a second assembly, and a thermal coupler is disclosed herein. The first assembly can include a condenser and an evaporator. The second assembly can include an absorber, a desorber, and a heat exchanger. The thermal coupler can include a first gas inlet, a second fluid inlet, and a mixed fluid outlet. The system can be configured with a first gas outlet of the desorber in fluid communication with the first gas inlet of the thermal coupler, and the mixed fluid outlet of the thermal coupler in fluid communication with a mixed fluid inlet of the evaporator. The system can also include a coolant absorber inlet and outlet on the absorber and a coolant condenser inlet and outlet on the condenser, with the coolant absorber outlet in fluid communication with the coolant condenser inlet.01-05-2012

Kai Wang, Waterloo CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120038013METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A LATERAL RADIATION DETECTOR - A lateral Metal-Semiconductor-Metal (MSM) Photodetector (PD) is based on amorphous selenium (a-Se). It has low dark current, high photoconductive gain towards short wavelengths, and high speed of operation up to several KHz. From processing point of view, a lateral structure is more attractive due to ease of fabrication as well as compatibility with conventional thin-film transistor (TFT) processes. The lateral a-Se MSM PD therefore has potentials in a variety of optical sensing applications particularly in indirect X-ray imaging utilizing scintillators and ultraviolet (UV) imaging for life sciences.02-16-2012

Kai Wang, New Orleans, LA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120097917Aligned, Coated Nanowire Arrays for Gas Sensing - Aligned nanowire arrays were coated with semiconductor shell layers, and optionally with noble metal nanoparticles for use as three dimensional gas sensors. The sensors show room-temperature responses to low concentrations of various gases. Arrays containing different sensor types can discriminate among different gases, based upon changes in conductivity and response times.04-26-2012

Kai Wang, Plymouth, MN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120101519POROUS VASCULAR CLOSURE PLUG WITH STARCH POWDER - The disclosure provides a composite plug for vascular closure including a hemostatic material, and a method of manufacturing the composite plug including a hemostatic material. The composite plug may comprise one or more materials having varying porosity, density, or composition, and may include a powdered hemostatic material.04-26-2012

Kai Wang, New York, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120239758SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSUMER-TO-CONSUMER LENDING OF DIGITAL CONTENT - A consumer-to-consumer lending system and method for digital content such as digital ebooks. The lending system invention enables a user who has purchased digital content to lend that content to another user. The lending system enables a lender to extend a lending offer to a lendee and a lendee to respond to the lending offer. A lendee may accept or reject a lending offer. Upon acceptance, the lending system provides the lent content to the lendee who controls the content until returning it, purchasing it or until a predetermined lending period expires. During the lending period the lender does not have access to the lent digital content item. The lending system assists a lender with initiating a lending offer, such as providing a pre-populated email form, and delivers the lend offer notification to the target lendee. Lending offers may be initiated and notifications received over common channels, including email systems, mobile devices, and web-based user accounts. The lending process can be initiated directly from a consumer device.09-20-2012

Kai Wang, Los Angeles, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120309639Compositions and Methods for Diagnosing Genome Related Diseases and Disorders - Compositions, methods, and kits for diagnosing genetic disorders such as type I diabetes are disclosed.12-06-2012

Kai Wang, Burnaby CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130013466MANAGEMENT OF LOSS RECONCILIATION DATA - A cargo management system receives parcel data associated with cargo on a vessel. The parcel data may include bill of lading date, successor and predecessor data, cargo type data, and the like. The cargo management system identifies parcels that may be related, performs a parcel validation on the identified parcels, and receives or determines a relationship between the parcels. Then, the cargo management system performs voyage validation on the related parcels to create a voyage. The cargo management system then calculates a loss associated with each parcel, between parcels, and the entire voyage.01-10-2013

Kai Wang, Taichung City TW

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130032087PAINT ROLLER WITH AN END-SURFACE BLOCKING PIECE - A paint roller with an end-surface blocking piece, wherein the end-surface blocking piece is formed with a blocking groove to prevent paint from overflowing to the surface of a wall that doesn't need to be painted. Besides, the user doesn't have to turn the end-surface blocking piece when painting different surfaces of a wall in different directions since the end-surface blocking piece is round-shaped.02-07-2013