Patents by Inventor Jin Zhao

Jin Zhao 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).

  • Patent number: 11085075
    Abstract: The present invention provides a DNA barcode and method for identifying cuttlefishes, mainly depending on the diversity of mitochondrial DNA, including designing universal primers on conservative regions on both sides of the species-specific variable region, amplifying DNA from cuttlefishes, and sequencing PCR products to obtain DNA sequences, and identifying cuttlefish species based on the similarity by comparing with the species information in the database. The method is advantageous in that it can achieve efficient and specific amplification of DNA from such cephalopods as cuttlefishes, with low requirements for necessary instruments and simple operation processes. In addition, the method can be carried out in most molecular biology laboratories, which greatly improves the probability of success of molecular identification for cuttlefishes and sibling species thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Feng Guan, Jin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210241025
    Abstract: This application provides an object recognition method and apparatus, and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of image recognition. The object recognition method includes: receiving an image of an object to be recognized; inputting the image of the object to be recognized into a pre-trained image feature extractor to obtain a first feature vector of the image of the object to be recognized; and determining category information of the object to be recognized according to the first feature vector of the image of the object to be recognized as well as image feature vectors in an image database, wherein the image database includes image information of a plurality of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Beijing More Health Technology Group Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin ZHAO, Fei KONG, Hai WANG, Bangchang LIU, Shufeng GU, Hongwen ZHAO, Xiaobin LUO, Dejie CHANG, Chaozhen LIU, Yikun ZHANG, Yunzhao WU, Boran ZHUANG, Xiaofei YUAN
  • Publication number: 20210215825
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a distance detection device. The distance detection device includes a light source configured to emit pulse light beams sequentially; and a scanning module including a first optical module, a second optical module, and drivers. The first optical module and the second optical module are sequentially positioned on an optical path of the light beams emitted by the light source, the drivers drive the first optical module and the second optical module to move to sequentially project the light beams emitted by the light source to different directions and form a strip-shaped scanning range after being emitted from the scanning module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Huai HUANG, Jin ZHAO, Xiaoping HONG
  • Publication number: 20210191763
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an FPGA-based dynamic graph processing method, comprising: where graph mirrors of a dynamic graph that have successive timestamps define an increment therebetween, a pre-processing module dividing the graph mirror having the latter timestamp into at least one path unit in a manner that incremental computing for any vertex only depends on a preorder vertex of that vertex; an FPGA processing module storing at least two said path units into an on-chip memory directly linked to threads in a manner that every thread unit is able to process the path unit independently; the thread unit determining an increment value between the successive timestamps of the preorder vertex while updating a state value of the preorder vertex, and transferring the increment value to a succeeding vertex adjacent to the preorder vertex in a transfer direction determined by the path unit, so as to update the state value of the succeeding vertex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaofei LIAO, Yicheng Chen, Yu Zhang, Hai Jin, Jin Zhao, Xiang Zhao, Beibei Si
  • Patent number: 11036796
    Abstract: A method for generating a preview associated with a media file is provided. The method may include receiving a plurality of social comments associated with a plurality of frames corresponding to the media file. The method may also include storing the received plurality of social comments in a repository, whereby the received plurality of social comments is stored with a frame marker. The method may further include analyzing the stored plurality of social comments. The method may additionally include classifying the analyzed plurality of social comments according to at least one sentiment and at least one keyword in the media file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jing Jing Hu, Ling Ma, Graham A. Watts, Xiao Jin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11015444
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for predicting the optimal shut-in duration by coupling fluid flow and geological stress, comprising the following steps: determine basic parameters; obtain the fracture length, fracture width and reservoir stress distribution based on the basic parameters; calculate the oil saturation, pore pressure, and permeability and porosity after coupling change in different shut-in durations on the basis of the principle of fluid-solid coupling; take the oil saturation, pore pressure, and permeability and porosity obtained in Step 3 as initial parameters and calculate the production corresponding to different shut-in time on the basis of the productivity model; finally select the optimal shut-in time based on the principle of fastest cost recovery. The present invention can accurately predict the optimal shut-in duration after fracturing to improve the oil and gas recovery ratio in tight oil and gas reservoirs with difficulty in development and low recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yongquan Hu, Qiang Wang, Jinzhou Zhao, Lan Ren, Chenghao Fu, Chaoneng Zhao, Jin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210127483
    Abstract: A high-power Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) includes a housing having side walls, an upper opening, and a lower opening, a VRM circuit board oriented within the housing, a plane of the VRM circuit board oriented in parallel to at least one of the side walls of the housing, an upper Printed Circuit Board (PCB) coupled to the upper opening of the housing, a lower panel coupled to the lower opening of the housing, a coolant inlet port formed in the lower panel, and a coolant outlet port formed in the lower panel. The high power VRM may include a coolant inlet adapter coupled to the coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet adapter coupled to the coolant outlet port. The coolant inlet adapter and the coolant outlet adapter may provide support for the VRM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Mohamed Nasr, Aydin Nabovati, Jin Zhao
  • Patent number: 10988553
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst pre-contact method for the continuous polymerization of an olefin, wherein a primary catalyst, a co-catalyst and, optionally, an external electron donor are mixed and then undergo a pre-contact reaction, with the pre-contact reaction temperature being ?30° C. to 35° C. and adjustable, and the pre-contact reaction time being 0.5 min to 10 min and adjustable, and the pre-contacted catalyst is brought into a catalyst prepolymerization system and then into a catalyst polymerization system, or is directly brought into the catalyst polymerization system. Further disclosed is a catalyst pre-contact device for the continuous polymerization of an olefin, which can adjust the pre-contact time and pre-contact temperature of the catalyst so that the performance of the catalyst achieves a better level according to the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xianzhi Xia, Tianyi Zhang, Yuexiang Liu, Jin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210106943
    Abstract: A method for recovering CO2 in the Rectisol process. The method includes at least the following steps: performing reduced-pressure flash distillation treatment on the CO2-rich methanol liquid, and outputing the CO2 desorbed gas obtained after the reduced-pressure flash distillation treatment as a product gas; performing heat exchange flash distillation treatment on a first methanol treatment liquid obtained after the reduced-pressure flash distillation treatment, and outputing the CO2 desorbed gas obtained after the heat exchange flash distillation treatment as a product gas; performing vacuum flash distillation treatment on a second methanol treatment liquid obtained after the heat exchange flash distillation treatment, and outputing the CO2 desorbed gas obtained after the vacuum flash distillation treatment as a product gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Dalian Jiachun Gas Purification Technology Development Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shuwei ZHANG, Fengbao GUAN, Yan LI, Jin ZHAO, Yaming DU, Ping QU
  • Patent number: 10961355
    Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising a cellulose ether acetate being at least partially dissolved in an aqueous liquid is produced in a process, wherein an aqueous liquid is mixed with a cellulose ether acetate having a degree of substitution of acetyl groups, DSAc, of from 0.05 to 0.75 and the temperature of the mixture of the cellulose ether acetate and the aqueous liquid is set to less than 10 C to at least partially dissolve the cellulose ether acetate in the aqueous liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Petermann, Jin Zhao
  • Patent number: 10954230
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of preparing inhibitors of glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) useful for the treatment metabolic diseases, such as lysosomal storage diseases, either alone or in combination with enzyme replacement therapy, and for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: GENZYME CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig S. Siegel, Rayomand Gimi, Michael Reardon, Jin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210025029
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to composite powders and methods for forming said composite powders thereof. In particular, the present disclosure relates to composite powder comprising nanoparticles on a surface of a metal particle and methods for forming said composite powders. The present disclosure also relates to composites obtained according to methods as defined herein and a method of forming said composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Jin Zhao, Pei Wang, Xiaolu Song
  • Patent number: 10887982
    Abstract: A high-power Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) includes a housing having side walls, an upper opening, and a lower opening, a VRM circuit board oriented within the housing, a plane of the VRM circuit board oriented in parallel to at least one of the side walls of the housing, an upper Printed Circuit Board (PCB) coupled to the upper opening of the housing, a lower panel coupled to the lower opening of the housing, a coolant inlet port formed in the lower panel, and a coolant outlet port formed in the lower panel. The high power VRM may include a coolant inlet adapter coupled to the coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet adapter coupled to the coolant outlet port. The coolant inlet adapter and the coolant outlet adapter may provide support for the VRM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Nasr, Aydin Nabovati, Jin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200362389
    Abstract: The present invention provides a DNA barcode and method for identifying cuttlefishes, mainly depending on the diversity of mitochondrial DNA, including designing universal primers on conservative regions on both sides of the species-specific variable region, amplifying DNA from cuttlefishes, and sequencing PCR products to obtain DNA sequences, and identifying cuttlefish species based on the similarity by comparing with the species information in the database. The method is advantageous in that it can achieve efficient and specific amplification of DNA from such cephalopods as cuttlefishes, with low requirements for necessary instruments and simple operation processes. In addition, the method can be carried out in most molecular biology laboratories, which greatly improves the probability of success of molecular identification for cuttlefishes and sibling species thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Feng GUAN, Jin ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20200347721
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for simulating the discontinuity of the hydraulic fracture wall in fractured reservoirs, comprising the following steps: establish a physical model of the natural fracture; establish a hydraulic fracture propagation calculation equation; establish a natural fracture failure model, calculate the natural fracture aperture, and then calculate the natural fracture permeability, and finally convert the natural fracture permeability into the permeability of the porous medium; couple the hydraulic fracture propagation calculation equation with the permeability of the porous medium through the fracture propagation criterion and the fluid loss to obtain a pore elastic model of the coupled natural fracture considering the influence of the natural fracture; work out the stress and displacement distribution of the hydraulic fracture wall with the pore elastic model of the coupled natural fracture, and analyze the offset and discontinuity of the hydraulic fracture wall according to the dis
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jinzhou Zhao, Qiang Wang, Yongquan Hu, Lan Ren, Chaoneng Zhao, Jin Zhao, Ran Lin
  • Publication number: 20200332655
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for predicting the optimal shut-in duration by coupling fluid flow and geological stress, comprising the following steps: determine basic parameters; obtain the fracture length, fracture width and reservoir stress distribution based on the basic parameters; calculate the oil saturation, pore pressure, and permeability and porosity after coupling change in different shut-in durations on the basis of the principle of fluid-solid coupling; take the oil saturation, pore pressure, and permeability and porosity obtained in Step 3 as initial parameters and calculate the production corresponding to different shut-in time on the basis of the productivity model; finally select the optimal shut-in time based on the principle of fastest cost recovery. The present invention can accurately predict the optimal shut-in duration after fracturing to improve the oil and gas recovery ratio in tight oil and gas reservoirs with difficulty in development and low recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yongquan Hu, Qiang Wang, Jinzhou Zhao, Lan Ren, Chenghao Fu, Chaoneng Zhao, Jin Zhao
  • Patent number: 10801312
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an experimental apparatus and method for simulating transport of a sand-carrying fluid in a fracturing fracture. The apparatus may include a spiral proppant transport device, a stirred tank, a screw pump, a liquid transport pump, a pressure gauge, a proppant transport and distribution system, a cyclone desander, a waste liquid recycle container, a proppant recycle container, and a fracturing fluid tank. The spiral proppant transport device may be communicated with the stirred tank. The waste liquid recycle container and the fracturing fluid tank may be communicated with the stirred tank via the liquid transport pump. A bottom end of the stirred tank may be communicated with the proppant transport and distribution system through the screw pump. It is possible to simulate the sand-carrying fluid paved under a closure pressure by setting a computer to precisely control a transparent cuboid fracture member including hydraulic tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yongquan Hu, Chaoneng Zhao, Jinzhou Zhao, Feng Hui, Qiang Wang, Jin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200299146
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for using a group of actinide and lanthanide (rare earth) metal compounds as well as early transition metal compounds that have the electric superconducting property at 151 K or higher that have the potential to reach a superconducting transition (critical) temperature (Tc) of room temperature (298 K) or even higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Dong Zhao, George Jin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200240252
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an experimental apparatus and method for simulating transport of a sand-carrying fluid in a fracturing fracture. The apparatus may include a spiral proppant transport device, a stirred tank, a screw pump, a liquid transport pump, a pressure gauge, a proppant transport and distribution system, a cyclone desander, a waste liquid recycle container, a proppant recycle container, and a fracturing fluid tank. The spiral proppant transport device may be communicated with the stirred tank. The waste liquid recycle container and the fracturing fluid tank may be communicated with the stirred tank via the liquid transport pump. A bottom end of the stirred tank may be communicated with the proppant transport and distribution system through the screw pump. It is possible to simulate the sand-carrying fluid paved under a closure pressure by setting a computer to precisely control a transparent cuboid fracture member including hydraulic tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yongquan HU, Chaoneng ZHAO, Jinzhou ZHAO, Feng HUI, Qiang WANG, Jin ZHAO
  • Patent number: 10716206
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board (PCB) includes a flexible first layer proximate to a flexible second layer. Conductive traces are arranged in the flexible first layer and coupled to a first circuit block at a first end of the flexible PCB and coupled to a second circuit block at a second end of the flexible PCB such that the first circuit block is coupled to the second circuit block through the conductive traces. Companion traces re arranged in the flexible second layer to provide a reference plane coupled to the first and second circuit blocks. The companion traces are arranged in the flexible second layer to be replicas of the conductive traces such that each one of the conductive traces is proximate to and aligned with a corresponding one of the companion traces along an entire length between the first and second circuit blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jin Zhao