Patents by Inventor Guang Zhang

Guang Zhang 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: 20230377318
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of image processing, and provides a multi-modal image classification system and method using an attention-based multi-interaction network. The present disclosure utilizes a U-net network structure to fuse low-level visual features and high-level semantic features. An attention network is introduced to solve the problem of weak feature discrimination, and high attention is given to discriminative features, so that the attention network plays an important role in the final classification process. A sufficient multi-modal interaction mechanism is introduced, so that more effective correlation information and discriminative information are obtained among a plurality of modalities, and sufficient interaction among the plurality of modalities is completed, thereby solving the problems of weak feature discrimination and insufficient interaction among modalities in a multi-modal image classification task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Shandong Jianzhu University
    Inventors: Xiaoming XI, Xiao YANG, Xinfeng LIU, Xiushan NIE, Guang ZHANG, Yilong YIN
  • Publication number: 20230368497
    Abstract: An image recognition method and system of convolutional neural network based on global detail supplement, as follows: acquire the image to be recognized and then input it to trained feature extraction network for feature extraction, and obtain features of each stage; learn detail feature according to the image to be tested, and extract the detail feature map; use the self-attention mechanism to fuse the feature map and detail feature map output at the last stage to obtain global detail features; fuse the global detail feature and the features in each stage to obtain the features after global detail supplement; and classify according to the features after global detail supplement, and the category of the maximum value after calculation is the image classification result. The invention constructs a convolution neural network based on global detail supplement, and uses progressive training for image fine granularity classification, further improving fine granularity classification accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaoming Xi, Chuanzhen Xu, Xiushan Nie, Guang Zhang, Xinfeng Liu
  • Publication number: 20230342938
    Abstract: The application belongs to the technical field of image segmentation, in particular to an adaptive semi-supervised image segmentation method based on uncertainty knowledge domain and a system thereof, including the following steps: the image to be segmented is acquired; and the image to be segmented is segmented based on the acquired image to be segmented and the preset image segmentation model; wherein, the semi-supervised segmentation model is adopted for the image segmentation model, and the image sample features of the acquired image to be segmented are extracted based on the constructed uncertainty knowledge base. Based on the domain adaptation of feature migration, the extracted image sample features are migrated to the semi-supervised segmentation model, so that the image to be segmented is segmented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaoming Xi, Liangyun Sun, Xiushan Nie, Guang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230235943
    Abstract: A heat pump system and a control method thereof. The heat pump system includes: a compressor; an indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor heat exchanger configured as an interlaced heat exchanger having at least two refrigerant flow paths; a plurality of throttling elements; and a first type four-way valve and a second type four-way valve; in a local defrosting mode, refrigerant flows sequentially from the exhaust port of the compressor through at least one of the at least two refrigerant flow paths of the outdoor heat exchanger, the throttling element, at least another of the at least two refrigerant flow paths of the outdoor heat exchanger and the suction port of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Guangyu Shen, Guang Zhang, Hui Zhai
  • Publication number: 20230235932
    Abstract: A heat pump system includes a compressor; an indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor heat exchanger configured as an interlaced heat exchanger having at least two refrigerant flow paths; a plurality of throttling elements; and a first type four-way valve and a second type four-way valve, with ports thereof respectively connected to the inlet and the outlet of the compressor, the indoor heat exchanger, and one of the at least two refrigerant flow paths of the outdoor heat exchanger; in a local defrosting mode, refrigerant from the outlet of the compressor flows respectively through the indoor heat exchanger and at least one of the at least two refrigerant flow paths of the outdoor heat exchanger, and then sequentially through the throttling elements, at least the other of the at least two refrigerant flow paths of the outdoor heat exchanger, and the inlet of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Guangyu Shen, Guang Zhang, Hui Zhai
  • Publication number: 20230228470
    Abstract: A heat pump system and a control method thereof. The heat pump system includes a compressor; a heat storage heat exchanger, the pipeline connection of which is configured to be disconnectable from the heat pump system; an indoor heat exchanger and an outdoor heat exchanger; a plurality of throttling elements; and a first type four-way valve and a second type four-way valve, the ports of which are respectively connected to the air inlet and the air outlet of the compressor; the unconnected ports of the first type four-way valve are respectively connected to the outdoor heat exchanger and the heat storage heat exchanger; and the unconnected ports of the second type four-way valve are respectively connected to the indoor heat exchanger and connected to the port connected to the air inlet through a capillary or on-off valve; in a combined defrosting mode, the refrigerant dissipates heat from the indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Guangyu Shen, Guang Zhang, Hui Zhai
  • Patent number: 11705580
    Abstract: Electrolytes for lithium ion batteries with carbon-based, silicon-based, or carbon- and silicon-based anodes include a lithium salt; a nonaqueous solvent comprising at least one of the following components: (i) an ester, (ii) a sulfur-containing solvent, (iii) a phosphorus-containing solvent, (iv) an ether, (v) a nitrile, or any combination thereof, wherein the lithium salt is soluble in the solvent; a diluent comprising a fluoroalkyl ether, a fluorinated orthoformate, a fluorinated carbonate, a fluorinated borate, a fluorinated phosphate, a fluorinated phosphite, or any combination thereof, wherein the lithium salt has a solubility in the diluent at least 10 times less than a solubility of the lithium salt in the solvent; and an additive having a different composition than the lithium salt, a different composition than the solvent, and a different composition than the diluent. In some electrolytes, the nonaqueous solvent comprises an ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Xia Cao, Ji-Guang Zhang, Wu Xu
  • Publication number: 20230187697
    Abstract: Localized superconcentrated electrolytes (LSEs) and electrochemical devices including the LSEs are disclosed. The LSE includes an active salt, a solvent in which the active salt is soluble, and a diluent in which the active salt is insoluble or poorly soluble, wherein the diluent includes a fluorinated orthoformate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Xia Cao, Ji-Guang Zhang, Wu Xu
  • Patent number: 11664536
    Abstract: Electrolytes for lithium ion batteries with carbon-based, silicon-based, or carbon- and silicon-based anodes include a lithium salt; a nonaqueous solvent comprising at least one of the following components: (i) an ester, (ii) a sulfur-containing solvent, (iii) a phosphorus-containing solvent, (iv) an ether, (v) a nitrile, or any combination thereof, wherein the lithium salt is soluble in the solvent; a diluent comprising a fluoroalkyl ether, a fluorinated orthoformate, a fluorinated carbonate, a fluorinated borate, or a combination thereof, wherein the lithium salt has a solubility in the diluent at least 10 times less than a solubility of the lithium salt in the solvent; and an additive having a different composition than the lithium salt, a different composition than the solvent, and a different composition than the diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Wu Xu, Ji-Guang Zhang, Hao Jia, Xianhui Zhang, Xia Cao, Sujong Chae, Ran Yi, Qiuyan Li, Won-Jin Kwak, Xiaolin Li
  • Patent number: 11620344
    Abstract: A new transaction set is compared to a plurality of transaction sets represented in a Compressed Frequent Item Set (CFIS), wherein the CFIS maintains a count for each transaction set represented in the CFIS. When the new transaction set matches a transaction set represented in the CFIS, the count for the matching transaction set in the CFIS is incremented. When the new transaction set does not match any transaction sets represented in the CFIS, the new transaction set is added to the CFIS. If there are intersections between two or more events of the new transaction set and the events of the plurality of transaction sets represented in the CFIS, the count for the transaction sets in the CFIS that intersect with two or more of the events of the new transaction set is incremented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Peng Jiang, Yan Guang Zhang, ZhenJun Mei, Nan Li, Muli Liu, Yan Xia, Xin Zhang, Yi Sun
  • Patent number: 11600859
    Abstract: Localized superconcentrated electrolytes (LSEs) and electrochemical devices including the LSEs are disclosed. The LSE includes an active salt, a solvent in which the active salt is soluble, and a diluent in which the active salt is insoluble or poorly soluble, wherein the diluent includes a fluorinated orthoformate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Xia Cao, Ji-Guang Zhang, Wu Xu
  • Patent number: 11488010
    Abstract: Provided is an intelligent analysis system for inner detecting magnetic flux leakage (MFL) data in pipelines, including a complete data set building module, a discovery module, a quantization module and a solution module, wherein: a complete data set building method is adopted in the complete data set building module to obtain a complete magnetic flux leakage data set; a pipeline connecting component discovery method is adopted in the discovery module to obtain the precise position of a weld; an anomaly candidate region search and identification method is adopted in the discovery model to find out magnetic flux leakage signals with defects; a defect quantization method based on a random forest is adopted in the quantization module to obtain a defect size; and a pipeline solution based on an improved ASME B31G standard is adopted in the solution module to output an evaluation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jin hai Liu, Ming rui Fu, Sen xiang Lu, Hua guang Zhang, Da zhong Ma, Gang Wang, Jian Feng, Xin bo Zhang, Ge Yu, Hong qiu Wei
  • Publication number: 20220340429
    Abstract: A method for etching materials in which organic solvents are added to the etching mixture and combined in a mixing arrangement. When agitated organic materials mix with the etching agent and interact with the underlying material to form a shield around the etched areas that prevents the additional interaction of water with the newly etched areas and enables the etching of silicon oxides (SiOx) but does not oxidize Si. This method leads to milder reactions with less heat generation and avoids the safety hazards associated with conventional etching methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ran Yi, Ji-Guang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11458448
    Abstract: A magnetic strong base anion exchange resin with high mechanical strength and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the field of resin materials. The preparation method comprises steps of: adding a conventional strong base anion exchange resin to a mixture of trivalent iron salt and divalent iron salt, and then mixing the resin adsorbed with the iron salt with aqueous ammonia so that Fe3O4 nanoparticles are contained in the resin structure. Then, the resin containing Fe3O4 nanoparticles is added to alcoholic solution dissolved with silane coupling agent to form a dense SiO2 coating on the surface of the resin, so as to obtain magnetic strong base anion exchange resin with high mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: NANJING UNIVERSITY, NANJING UNIVERSITY & YANCHENG ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
    Inventors: Chendong Shuang, Guang Zhang, Aimin Li, Ting Ye, Zheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11441085
    Abstract: Provided in one embodiment is an improved and more flexible process for preparing a finished base oil or a white oil product comprising passing a dewaxed base oil product to a distillation column and separating the dewaxed base oil product into fuel and base oil product streams. The base oil product streams are tested to determine if they meet desired specifications. Base oil product streams that meet the desired minimum base oil specifications are passed to a hydrofinishing reactor to prepare a white oil product, or passed to direct sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Kenny Peinado, Jay Parekh, Jifei Jia, Yihua Zhang, Guan-Dao Lei, Guang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220204874
    Abstract: Provided in one embodiment is an improved and more flexible process for preparing a finished base oil or a white oil product comprising passing a dewaxed base oil product to a distillation column and separating the dewaxed base oil product into fuel and base oil product streams. The base oil product streams are tested to determine if they meet desired specifications. Base oil product streams that meet the desired minimum base oil specifications are passed to a hydrofinishing reactor to prepare a white oil product, or passed to direct sale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Kenny Peinado, Jay Parekh, Jifei Jia, Yihua Zhang, Guan-Dao Lei, Guang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220194824
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of water treatment, and in particular to a magnetic powder strengthened method for removing nitrate nitrogen and inorganic phosphorus, which includes the following steps: (1) mixing permanent magnetic material powder with paramagnetic Fe3O4 powder, and magnetizing the mixture in a magnetic field to prepare magnetic powder; (2) adding the magnetic powder directly or in a form of granular filler into a water treatment reaction vessel; and (3) allowing the to-be-treated water to enter the water treatment reaction vessel, performing a chemical reaction of removing nitrate nitrogen and inorganic phosphorus in the presence of a reducing agent, and discharging the water after the reaction is completed. By adopting the method of the present invention, a uniform and fine magnetic field can be provided, thus the reaction efficiency is improved, and the process is simplified and the cost is lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Chendong SHUANG, Shuangshuang LI, Tong LI, Guang ZHANG, Aimin LI, Ke WANG, Juntian WANG
  • Patent number: 11313486
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electromagnetic regulating valve with a check function. The valve may effectively regulate the flow in a valve body. Due to different lengths and taper angles of a valve flap group, the flow can be regulated more finely, and a medium can be prevented from backflow by a check function when necessary. Meanwhile, a mesh structure of bases of valve flaps can effectively reduce the instability of flow field motion so as to achieve an effect of rectifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
    Inventors: Zhe Lin, Zeyong Wu, Desheng Chen, Guang Zhang, Zuchao Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220115706
    Abstract: Electrolytes for lithium ion batteries with carbon-based, silicon-based, or carbon- and silicon-based anodes include a lithium salt; a nonaqueous solvent comprising at least one of the following components: (i) an ester, (ii) a sulfur-containing solvent, (iii) a phosphorus-containing solvent, (iv) an ether, (v) a nitrile, or any combination thereof, wherein the lithium salt is soluble in the solvent; a diluent comprising a fluoroalkyl ether, a fluorinated orthoformate, a fluorinated carbonate, a fluorinated borate, a fluorinated phosphate, a fluorinated phosphite, or any combination thereof, wherein the lithium salt has a solubility in the diluent at least 10 times less than a solubility of the lithium salt in the solvent; and an additive having a different composition than the lithium salt, a different composition than the solvent, and a different composition than the diluent. In some electrolytes, the nonaqueous solvent comprises an ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Xia Cao, Ji-Guang Zhang, Wu Xu
  • Patent number: D1003332
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventors: Hua-Tang Liu, Han Lu, Chun-Guang Zhang