Patents by Inventor Ming Xie

Ming Xie 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: 10394868
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for identifying suggestions as to which log files associated with data in a data warehouse to search for particular data. Features from the contents of a plurality of log files from a set of log files are selected. The plurality of log files are grouped based on the selected features. Using extracted log event sequences, a correlation between the log event sequences and a plurality of data transaction tables from a set of data transaction tables in the data warehouse is calculated. Suggestions as to which log files in the set of log files should be searched is then identified for particular data based on a business relevance value and a utilized data ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Miao He, Jin Feng Li, Chang Rui Ren, Bing Shao, Ming Xie, Tian Zhi Zhao
  • Publication number: 20190257210
    Abstract: A platform apparatus for a propulsion rotor having an annular array of airfoils carried by a rotor disk. The apparatus includes: at least one forward segment comprising an arcuate forward body having a plurality of spaced-apart axially-extending forward fingers, each of the forward fingers bounded by a curved first lateral edge interconnected to a straight second lateral edge by an aft edge, wherein the forward segment defines a flow path surface and an opposed back surface; at least one aft segment comprising an arcuate aft body having a plurality of spaced-apart actually-extending aft fingers, each of the aft fingers bounded by a curved first lateral edge interconnected to a straight second lateral edge by a forward edge, wherein the aft segment defines a flow path surface and an opposed back surface, and wherein the aft edges have a shape complementary to a shape of the forward edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Qiang Li, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Gerald Alexander Pauley, Ming Xie, Jorge Orlando Lamboy, Tod Winton Davis
  • Publication number: 20190227374
    Abstract: A liquid display panel, and a display device are provided. The liquid display panel includes a first substrate and a color filter layer. The first substrate includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scanning lines. The color filter layer includes a plurality of color-blockers. The data lines and the scanning lines intersect to form a plurality of pixels arranged in an array. Each pixel includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel adjacent to each other. Each first sub-pixel includes a first pixel electrode, and each second sub-pixel includes a second pixel electrode. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel have an approximately same area. Each color-blocker corresponds to one of the pixels arranged in an array, and includes a first region and a second region, corresponding to the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel in a same pixel. The second region and the first region have a same color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Ming Xie
  • Publication number: 20190195073
    Abstract: Composite hollow blade and an associated method of forming the composite hollow blade are disclosed. The method includes forming a core by fabricating a grid core structure based on a plurality of design parameters, where the grid core includes a plurality of first reinforcing components disposed in a first curable matrix material. The method further includes forming an outer layer including a plurality of second reinforcing components disposed in a second curable matrix material. Further, the method includes coupling the core to the outer layer and curing the core and the outer layer to form the composite hollow blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Viswanadha Gupta Sakala, Douglas Duane Ward, Ming Xie
  • Patent number: 10303596
    Abstract: Described are a read-write control method for memory, and a corresponding memory and server. The method comprises: combining data to be written with each other into a data block, writing the data block in a free block of the memory, and recording an identifier and a corresponding index of the data in the memory, the index of the data being an offset indicating a memory location of the data in the memory; and reading the data from the memory location of the data in the memory according to an identifier and an index of the data to be read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Jianfeng Xu, Yue Wu, Chaoyu Zhong, Ming Xie, Wenzheng Li
  • Publication number: 20190086701
    Abstract: An array substrate and a display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a base layer, a first metal layer, a first insulating layer, a second metal layer, a second insulating layer, a first electrode layer, and a reflective layer successively stacked along a direction perpendicular to a plane in which the base layer is located. The second metal layer is used to form a source and a drain of a thin film transistor. The first electrode layer is used to form a pixel electrode. The second insulating layer is provided with a through-hole. The pixel electrode is connected to the drain of the thin film transistor through the through-hole. The reflective layer is provided with a first through-hole, and an orthographic projection of the first through-hole onto the base layer covers an orthographic projection of the through-hole onto the base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ming XIE, Qiang JIA, Mingwei ZHANG, Xiangjian KONG, Jine LIU, Feng QIN
  • Publication number: 20190079344
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a display device are disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate and an opposite substrate arranged opposite to each other, reflecting metal located on the side of the array substrate facing the opposite substrate, color filters arranged in an array on the side of the opposite substrate facing the array substrate, and black matrixes located on the side of the opposite substrate facing the array substrate, where strip-shaped first opening areas extending in a second direction are arranged between each pair of adjacent color filters in different colors arranged in a first direction, and the black matrixes and the first opening areas are arranged alternately in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huanxi Zhang, Xiangjian Kong, Ming Xie, Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 10229169
    Abstract: Technical solutions are described for improving a data-mining process for identifying a desired population of a dataset. An example computer-implemented method includes, receiving the dataset that includes a plurality of data dimensions. The method also includes determining a set of predictors for a target variable, where a predictor is a data dimension that is relevant to the target variable. The method also includes identifying from the set of predictors, a false predictor, where the false predictor is a data dimension that results in an empty set of the desired population. The method also includes removing the false predictor from the set of predictors used for the data-mining process for identifying the desired population of the dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miao He, Changrui Ren, Bing Shao, Ming Xie, Jian Xu
  • Publication number: 20190064403
    Abstract: A transflective and non-rectangular display panel and a display device are provided. The non-rectangular display panel includes a display region, a non-display region surrounding the display region, multiple pixels including multiple sub pixels, and a light shielding layer. There is a first boundary between the display region and the non-display region, and a region surrounded by the first boundary and the display region is non-rectangular. Each of the multiple pixels includes at least three of the multiple sub pixels. An open region of each of the multiple sub pixels has a transmissive region and a reflective region. The multiple pixels include normal pixels in the display region and abnormal pixels passed through by the first boundary. In each of the abnormal pixels, each of the transmissive region and the reflective region is partially blocked by the light shielding layer and partially emits light therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baiquan LIN, Kerui XI, Ming XIE, Huanxi Zhang, Min ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190018271
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch display device, including an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer placed between the upper and lower substrates. The upper substrate includes a touch detection structure, and a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix. Each pixel unit includes a switch element and a pixel electrode. The lower substrate includes a common electrode and a reflection layer. The reflection layer is used for reflecting external light, and the external light refers to light from outside and sequentially emitting to the upper substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and then being incident to the reflection layer. In the touch display device, no whole or large area display electrode such as the common electrode is placed between the touch detection structure and the users. Thus, external touch signals will not be shielded, and the touch function can be better realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Ming XIE, Xiangjian KONG
  • Publication number: 20180364208
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method receives a plurality of pollution measurement data, a plurality of geodetic data, and a plurality of meteorological data associated with a geographical area. The processor-implemented method generates a grid of the geographical area, whereby the generated grid virtually divides the geographical area into a plurality of cells. The processor-implemented method associates the received plurality of measurement data, the received plurality of geodetic data, and the received plurality of meteorological data with a cell in the generated grid. The processor-implemented method determines a pollutant contribution value of the cell based on the pollution measurement data associated with the cell and a physical contribution of a plurality of pollutants. The processor-implemented method identifies the pollution source based on a paired comparison of the plurality of cells and displays the location on the geographical area associated with the identified pollution source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Yu Tao Ba, Ming Xie, Lingyun Wang, Ke Xu Zou, Wenchen Cheng, Gang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180283397
    Abstract: A containment assembly for use in a turbine engine includes a fan case formed from a composite material. The fan case includes a forward end, an aft end, and an opening defined through the fan case between the forward and aft ends. The containment assembly further includes a structural attachment member formed from a metallic material and coupled to the fan case. The structural attachment member is positioned within the opening in the fan case and is configured to receive at least one fastener to couple a component to the structural attachment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Viswanadha Gupta Sakala, Mitchell Harold Boyer, Ming Xie, Douglas Duane Ward
  • Publication number: 20180260318
    Abstract: Described are a read-write control method for memory, and a corresponding memory and server. The method comprises: combining data to be written with each other into a data block, writing the data block in a free block of the memory, and recording an identifier and a corresponding index of the data in the memory, the index of the data being an offset indicating a memory location of the data in the memory; and reading the data from the memory location of the data in the memory according to an identifier and an index of the data to be read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jianfeng Xu, Yue Wu, Chaoyu Zhong, Ming Xie, Wenzheng Li
  • Publication number: 20180240057
    Abstract: At least one target area is identified based on a pollution concentration field of a geographic area. At least one candidate site is selected from a plurality of sites within the geographic area based on a relationship between the plurality of sites and pollution sources, where the plurality of sites are potential positions for deploying sensors for monitoring pollution. A target site is determined from the at least one candidate site based on the at least one target area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Yutao Ba, Wenchen Cheng, Xin Jie Lv, Lingyun Wang, Ming Xie, Wen Jun Yin, Gang Zhou, Ke Xu Zou
  • Publication number: 20180200967
    Abstract: A tooling assembly and method for forming a flange of a composite component is provided. The tooling assembly includes a mold configured to receive a composite material. The composite material may include a plurality of fabric plies impregnated with resin. The fabric plies may be debulked as they are being laid using a plurality of debulking tools, with the radius of each debulking tool growing as additional fabric plies are laid. A gas-permeable bagging material may be placed along the edge of the composite material to restrict resin flow while allowing for outgassing. The tooling assembly may further include a flange shoe tool that is joined with the mold to form the flange of the composite material. The mold and flange shoe tool may define a chamber and venting passageways that allow gases such as volatile compounds to escape while the composite component is being cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Sutter, Joseph Thomas Begovich, JR., Matthew Elias Voznick, Dennis Mason Diem, Kevin Stanley Snyder, Leslie Louis Langenbrunner, Ming Xie
  • Patent number: 9990276
    Abstract: Described are a read-write control method for memory, and a corresponding memory and server. The method comprises: dividing a storage resource of the memory by taking a block as a unit; to write data, combining the data to be written into a data block, writing the data block in a free segment of the memory, and recording an identifier and a corresponding index of the data, the index of the written data is an offset indicating a memory location of the data in the memory; to read data, reading the data from the offset of the memory according to an identifier and a index of the data to be read. When read-write control is performed on the memory, the number of the times that the I/O operation is performed on the memory is reduced during data writing, thereby improving the efficiency of the write operation on the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Jianfeng Xu, Yue Wu, Chaoyu Zhong, Ming Xie, Wenzheng Li
  • Patent number: 9982101
    Abstract: This invention discloses a method to fuse silicone and thermoplastic resin, comprising the following steps: Step A: conducting treatment twice on thermoplastic resin lid upon molding in plasma equipment under normal temperature, and opening the inert molecular chain of thermoplastic resin; wherein the power for treating the thermoplastic resin lid ranges 500 to 800 W, the time of treatment ranges from 5 s to 60 s; Step B: applying glue on the place for laying silicone gasket on thermoplastic resin lid, baking in the oven for 15-20 min; Step C: putting the treated thermoplastic resin lid and silicone gasket in step B into the over mold for encapsulation, the time of which is 2-3 min; conducting post vulcanization for 2 h after completing the encapsulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HANGZHOU FREETRON INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Xie, Kaixiang Shu
  • Patent number: 9973561
    Abstract: A computer receives a first audio signal that is acquired by a first user device used by a first user in a conference and a second audio signal that is acquired by a second user device used by a second user in the conference. The computer processes the first audio signal based on the second audio signal to improve quality of the first audio signal, and sends the processed first audio signal to the conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Hui Fu, Yu Hang Liu, Ning Sun, Ming Xie, Jian Xu, Li Li Zhao
  • Patent number: 9964309
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The combustor is described as comprising a dome plate coupled to a liner thereof, with at least one heat shield comprised of a ceramic matrix composite coupled at the aft end of the dome plate. Also described is a method for assembling a combustor for a gas turbine engine, including releasing a metal alloy heat shield from a dome plate and providing a ceramic matrix composite heat shield as replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donald Michael Corsmeier, Mark Eugene Noe, Michael Todd Radwanski, Oliver Roghe, Jessica Licardi Subit, Ming Xie
  • Patent number: 9832139
    Abstract: According to an example, a web server receives an access request from one operator network of different operator networks, process the access request, and obtain processing data. The web server determines an output VIP address corresponding to an input VIP address carried in the access request according to a relationship between input VIP addresses and output VIP addresses of VS clusters of the different operator networks, and sends the processing data to a VS cluster indicated by the output VIP address via an internal network. The VS cluster selects one VS, and the VS selected sends the processing data to a user terminal via an external network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Ming Xie, Yue Wu, Wenzheng Li, Zhiwu Chen, Gang Wang