Patents by Inventor Jian Hou
Jian Hou 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).
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Publication number: 20240152672Abstract: A method and system for predicting water flooding recovery of fault block reservoirs considering a whole process optimization includes: determining influencing factors in water flooding recovery of fault block reservoirs; screening master parameters of the water flooding recovery of the fault block reservoirs; determining a single-factor correlation between the water flooding recovery of the fault block reservoirs and the master parameters; designing multi-factor orthogonal experimental schemes; performing a whole-process water flooding optimization for each of the experimental schemes including separate-layer injection and production, well-type conversion, and injection and production adjustment, to obtain the maximum water flooding recovery; and determining a prediction model of the water flooding recovery of the fault block reservoirs using least square method based on results of the whole process optimization of orthogonal experiments, further obtaining a prediction model of the water flooding recovery ofType: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Jian Hou, Kang Zhou, Shuai Liu, Zhibin An, Qingjun Du, Bei Wei, Yongge Liu
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Patent number: 11978866Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of circuit technology, and disclose a method for correcting a SOC of a battery pack, a battery management system, and a vehicle. The method for correcting an SOC of a battery includes: determining, when a charging process of the battery pack starts, whether an initial SOC value of the battery pack is less than or equal to a preset electricity quantity threshold; when the initial SOC value of the battery pack is less than or equal to the preset electricity quantity threshold, recording state information of the battery pack during the charging process, and generating a differential capacity curve of the battery pack according to the state information; correcting a current SOC value of the battery pack according to the differential capacity curve and a voltage-SOC reference curve of a non-decay zone of the battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Jian Ruan, Yizhen Hou, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20240141766Abstract: A bidirectional self-regulating chemical flooding method and system for enhancing oil recovery includes: determining the average particle size of dispersed phase droplets under stable seepage flow of an oil-in-water emulsion according to the average reservoir permeability; determining injection concentration of an emulsifier which matches a target reservoir according to reservoir seepage velocity; under a condition of keeping the injection concentration of the emulsifier constant, determining the optimal injection concentration of a polymer which matches the injection concentration of the emulsifier through core flooding experiments with the maximum equivalent ton oil accumulation as a target; determining total injection amount of the emulsifier and total injection amount of the polymer for implementing well group units; and optimizing injection amount of the emulsifier and the polymer in each single well by using a numerical simulator of a chemical flooding reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Jian Hou, Kang Zhou, Zhinbin An, Qingjun Du, Yongge Liu, Bei Wei, Dejun Wu, Shuai Liu
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Patent number: 11973518Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to rate matching techniques for block encoding. In some aspects, a decision regarding whether to use repetition-based rate matching or puncture-based rate matching is made based on a block size of information being encoded. In some aspects, repetition-based rate matching uses a bit-reversal permutation technique.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Changlong Xu, Jian Li, Chao Wei, Jilei Hou
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Publication number: 20240104297Abstract: According to implementations of the present disclosure, there is proposed a solution for analyzing a data table in response to a user input. In this solution, a user input in a cell of a data table is determined. The data table comprises a plurality of cells arranged in rows and columns. An analysis operation for the data table is determined based on semantics of the data table and the user input, the analysis operation corresponding to the user input. Further, a result of the analysis operation is presented in a region of the data table related to the cell. In this way, grid characteristics of the data table can be utilized to provide the result of the analysis operation as desired by a user and simple, efficient and user-friendly data analysis can be facilitated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Zhitao Hou, Haidong Zhang, Yun Wang, Dongmei ZHANG, Jian-Guang Lou
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Patent number: 11927094Abstract: A comprehensive geological-engineering classification evaluation method for low-permeability reservoirs, includes: constructing geological classification evaluation indexes of a reservoir: adopting gray correlation method to obtain main controlling factors of reservoir geology of the low-permeability reservoirs that affects fracturing effects; based on the main controlling factors of the reservoir geology, constructing the geological classification evaluation indexes of low-permeability reservoirs by principal component analysis; constructing engineering classification evaluation indexes of the reservoir: adopting gray correlation method to obtain main controlling factors of geomechanics of the low-permeability reservoirs that affects fracturing effects; based on the main controlling factors of geomechanics, constructing the engineering classification evaluation indexes of low-permeability reservoirs by an analytic hierarchy process; and according to classification limit values of the geological classificatioType: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Southwest Petroleum UniversityInventors: Jian Xiong, Xiangjun Liu, Lixi Liang, Yi Ding, Linlin Huang, Lianlang Hou, Shiqiong Liu, Hongqi Liu
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Patent number: 11912932Abstract: An encapsulated polymer flooding method and system for enhancing oil recovery includes: (1) determining reservoir parameters, a well deployment, and a development dynamic state of a target oil reservoir; (2) determining a near-wellbore targeted profile control area and a far-wellbore targeted viscosification area; (3) designing and synthesizing an encapsulated polymer according to conditions of the target oil reservoir; (4) evaluating and determining whether the anti-shearing performance, the sustained release and viscosification performance, the injection performance, and the profile control performance of the encapsulated polymer meet expected performance requirements based on laboratory tests; (5) formulating an injection scheme for an encapsulated polymer flooding field; and (6) monitoring the development dynamic state of the oil reservoir; according to the present disclosure, the polymer is wrapped with a shell layer, which greatly reduces the shear degradation during injection of the polymer and effectiType: GrantFiled: June 21, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)Inventors: Jian Hou, Bei Wei, Yongsheng Liu, Kang Zhou, Qingjun Du, Yongge Liu
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Patent number: 11820842Abstract: Copolymer compositions and methods of making copolymer compositions with enhanced stability in high temperature and high salinity environments. The copolymers include hydrophobic monomers and sulfonated monomers. The sulfonated monomers can include 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid and allyl sulfonate. The sulfonated monomers increase the stability of the polymers in harsh conditions, and in high temperature, high salinity environments. The sulfonated monomers also reduce or prevent the hydrolysis of acrylamide groups, and therefore enhance the stability of the copolymer. The copolymer compositions can be made with free radical polymerization and an initiation complex.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Xuan Zhang, Ming Han, Jian Hou, Jinxun Wang
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Publication number: 20230332036Abstract: A scale inhibitor fluid includes 0.001 ppm to 100 ppm of a phosphonate compound, 20 ppm to 400 ppm of a cation-containing surfactant, and an aqueous fluid. The cation-containing surfactant includes at least one of a single positively charged cation-containing surfactant, a double positively charged cation-containing surfactant and a zwitterionic cation-containing surfactant. A method for inhibiting scale formation in a wellbore includes introducing a phosphonate compound, a cation-containing surfactant and an aqueous fluid to the wellbore to produce a scale inhibitor fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, ARAMCO FAR EAST (BEIJING) BUSINESS SERVICES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jian Hou, Ming Han, Tao Chen, Mohammed A. Bataweel, Xuan Zhang
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Publication number: 20230236273Abstract: Systems and methods for fast and robust quantification of magnetization transfer (MT) use off-resonance spin-lock MRI with as few as two or three image acquisitions. Each image acquisition can be performed using an off-resonance spin-lock pulse having a different RF amplitude and frequency offset. A parameter representing the difference of the relaxation rate in the rotating frame between the acquisitions can be computed. This parameter can be used to compute other parameters of magnetization transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: The Chinese University of Hong KongInventors: Jian HOU, Weitian CHEN
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Patent number: 11544751Abstract: Disclosed is a quotation method executed by a computer, comprising: obtaining structure parameters and electrical parameters of a product (S101); constructing an external view of the product by using the structure parameters of the product, and performing similarity comparison on the external view of the product and the external view of a historical product to obtain an appearance similarity sorting (102); performing similarity comparison on the electrical parameters of the product and the electrical parameters of the historical product to obtain an electrical parameter similarity sorting (103); on the basis of the cost weights of a structural member and an electrical component and the appearance similarity sorting and the electrical parameter similarity sorting, obtaining a comprehensive sorting which is based on the structure parameters and the electrical parameters (S104); and determining, based on the comprehensive sorting, a bill of materials of the product, and calculating, based on the bill of the mateType: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhenggang Hu, Jian Hou
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Publication number: 20220307356Abstract: A method for realizing balanced displacement of crude oil by injection and production optimization coordinated chemical flooding which comprises the following steps: determining the median size and elastic modulus of viscoelastic particles according to the average permeability of the reservoir; optimizing the concentration ratio of the total concentration of the chemical agent; the physical parameters of each layer are counted, and the hierarchical system is combined according to the entropy weight algorithm and the cluster analysis method based on the gravity center method; the optimal section slug volume ratio of the single well injected with two slugs under the heterogeneity of the permeability of the strata is calculated; and the objective function is established by combining the coefficient of variation of remaining oil saturation, the effect of chemical flooding and the cost, and the numerical simulator is used to optimize the objective function.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Jian Hou, Kang Zhou, Qingjun Du, Yongge Liu, Yueliang Liu, Bei Wei, Dong Zhao, Zhibin An, Dejun Wu
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Patent number: 11338680Abstract: Disclosed is an air imaging apparatus for a vehicle. The air imaging apparatus for vehicle being mounted in a vehicle, comprises: an image source configured for generating a graphic for display; and an imaging magnifier configured for magnifying the graphic generated by the image source and forming a real image in the air inside a vehicle. Further disclosed is a human-machine interactive in-vehicle assistance system, comprising the air imaging apparatus for vehicle as described above and a gesture recognition apparatus nearby the real image. With the enlarged image, the icons for displaying contents are also enlarged; as such, the gesture recognition apparatus can easily recognize which command icon is to be touched by the user's gesture. The gesture sliding distance is also correspondingly enlarged for the user's sliding gesture operation, which significantly lowers the requirement on the precision of the gesture recognition apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Zhejiang Prism Holographic Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min Xu, Feng Zhang, Zongyang Li, Jian Hou, Xianchu Peng
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Patent number: 11280867Abstract: Systems and methods for fast and robust quantification of magnetization transfer (MT) using off-resonance spin-lock MRI. The techniques can be insensitive to variations of the inherent relaxation rates R1 (1/T1) and R2 (1/T2) of the free-water pool and to variations of the chemical exchange pool. The techniques can also be robust in the presence of inhomogeneity in the B1 RF and/or B0 magnetic fields.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: The Chinese University of Hong KongInventors: Weitian Chen, Jian Hou, Baiyan Jiang
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Publication number: 20220073662Abstract: Copolymer compositions and methods of making copolymer compositions with enhanced stability in high temperature and high salinity environments. The copolymers include hydrophobic monomers and sulfonated monomers. The sulfonated monomers can include 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid and allyl sulfonate. The sulfonated monomers increase the stability of the polymers in harsh conditions, and in high temperature, high salinity environments. The sulfonated monomers also reduce or prevent the hydrolysis of acrylamide groups, and therefore enhance the stability of the copolymer. The copolymer compositions can be made with free radical polymerization and an initiation complex.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Xuan Zhang, Ming Han, Jian Hou, Jinxun Wang
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Patent number: 11230474Abstract: Methods of selectively synthesizing n-tetrasilane are disclosed. N-tetrasilane is prepared by pyrolysis of silane (SiH4), disilane (Si2H6), trisilane (Si3H8), or mixtures thereof. More particularly, the disclosed synthesis methods tune and optimize the n-tetrasilane:i-tetrasilane isomer ratio. The isomer ratio may be optimized by selection of process parameters, such as temperature, residence time, and the relative amount of starting compounds. The disclosed synthesis methods allow facile preparation of n-tetrasilane.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Gennadiy Itov, Jian Hou, Grigory Nikiforov
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Publication number: 20210379993Abstract: Disclosed is an air imaging apparatus for a vehicle. The air imaging apparatus for vehicle being mounted in a vehicle, comprises: an image source configured for generating a graphic for display; and an imaging magnifier configured for magnifying the graphic generated by the image source and forming a real image in the air inside a vehicle. Further disclosed is a human-machine interactive in-vehicle assistance system, comprising the air imaging apparatus for vehicle as described above and a gesture recognition apparatus nearby the real image. With the enlarged image, the icons for displaying contents are also enlarged; as such, the gesture recognition apparatus can easily recognize which command icon is to be touched by the user's gesture. The gesture sliding distance is also correspondingly enlarged for the user's sliding gesture operation, which significantly lowers the requirement on the precision of the gesture recognition apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Zhejiang Prism Holographic Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min XU, Feng ZHANG, Zongyang LI, Jian HOU, Xianchu PENG
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Patent number: 11179770Abstract: An electromagnetic semi-continuous device comprises a crystallizer frame, an internal sleeve, a primary cooling water cavity, a secondary cooling water cavity and a tertiary cooling water cavity. An electromagnetic semi-continuous casting method comprises the steps of (1) adjusting angles of the adjustable spherical nozzles; (2) inserting a dummy bar head in a bottom of the internal sleeve; (3) feeding cooling water to the primary cooling water cavity and the secondary cooling water cavity, then spraying the cooling water to form primary cooling water and secondary cooling water, and exerting a magnetic field on the internal sleeve; (4) pouring the melts into the internal sleeve, starting the dummy bar head, and beginning to perform continuous casting; and (5) spraying tertiary cooling water through the tertiary cooling water cavity, so that casting billets reduce temperature until the continuous casting is completed.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Northeastern UniversityInventors: Qichi Le, Yonghui Jia, Tong Wang, Lei Bao, Jian Hou, Jiashi Yan
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Publication number: 20210347922Abstract: Disclosed are copolymers formed by copolymerization of: (1) haloolefin monomers consisting essentially of: (a) hydrofluorolefin selected from the group consisting of hydrofluoroethylenes, hydrofluoropropenes, hydrofluorobutenes, hydrofluoropentenes and combinations of these, and (b) one or more chlorofluoroethylene monomers wherein the mole ratio of said hydrofluoroolefin monomer to said chlorofluoroethylene monomers monomer is from about 0.5:1 to about 1.5:1; and (2) alkyl vinyl ether monomer(s) and/or alkyl vinyl ester monomers consisting essentially of: (a) one or more lower alkyl vinyl ether monomers that are not substituted with a reactive group; and (b) one or more reactive group substituted lower alkyl vinyl ether monomer(s) and/or one or more reactive group substituted, lower alkyl vinyl ester monomer(s), wherein the mole ratio of (2)(a) monomers to said (2)(b) monomers is from about 2:1 to about 6:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Yan XU, Jian HOU
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Publication number: 20210245239Abstract: An electromagnetic semi-continuous device comprises a crystallizer frame, an internal sleeve, a primary cooling water cavity, a secondary cooling water cavity and a tertiary cooling water cavity. An electromagnetic semi-continuous casting method comprises the steps of (1) adjusting angles of the adjustable spherical nozzles; (2) inserting a dummy bar head in a bottom of the internal sleeve; (3) feeding cooling water to the primary cooling water cavity and the secondary cooling water cavity, then spraying the cooling water to form primary cooling water and secondary cooling water, and exerting a magnetic field on the internal sleeve; (4) pouring the melts into the internal sleeve, starting the dummy bar head, and beginning to perform continuous casting; and (5) spraying tertiary cooling water through the tertiary cooling water cavity, so that casting billets reduce temperature until the continuous casting is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Qichi LE, Yonghui JIA, Tong WANG, Lei BAO, Jian HOU, Jiashi YAN