Patents by Inventor Ran Zhang

Ran 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: 20240144652
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable mediums for performing data augmentation. In some embodiments, a method of performing data augmentation by a device includes obtaining a plurality of images from a dataset. The method further includes computing, for each image of the plurality of images, a corresponding saliency map based on a gradient of a full loss function of that image. The method further includes selecting, from a subset of arrangements of a plurality of possible arrangements, a rearrangement offset that maximizes an overall saliency of a resulting image combining the plurality of images. The method further includes generating, using the rearrangement offset and a plurality of mixing ratios, a new mixed image from the plurality of images and a new mixed label from corresponding labels of the plurality of images. The method further includes augmenting the dataset with the new mixed image and the new mixed label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bojie MA, Mikita DVORNIK, Ran ZHANG, Konstantinos DERPANIS, Afsaneh FAZLY
  • Publication number: 20240143626
    Abstract: This application discloses a shard adjustment method for a time series database, belongs to the field of data processing technologies. First, feature information of an access request of at least one user for a data table of a time series database is obtained. The data table is divided into a plurality of shard groups according to a predetermined rule, and each shard group can be further divided into a plurality of shards. Each shard group is set in a different time period, and each shard is set in a different node. Then, the predetermined rule is adjusted based on the feature information, and a new shard group and/or a new shard that match/matches the access habit are/is generated according to an adjusted rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jingqi Mao, Ran Xu, Zongquan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240130693
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a computed tomography (CT) image of an object includes establishing a narrow-spectrum high-energy bin and other bins with wider-spectrum and lower-energies and acquiring a first dataset using the narrow-spectrum high-energy bin. The method also includes acquiring second or more datasets using the wide-spectrum, low-energy bins, reducing data attributable to scatter from the second or more datasets using the first dataset to create reduced-scatter datasets, and reconstructing CT images of the object from the reduced-scatter datasets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Guang-Hong Chen, Ran Zhang, Ke Li
  • Publication number: 20240134006
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of signal processing. Disclosed are a MIMO sensor, a method for determining a direction-of-arrival approximation degree, and a target information matching method. The method for determining the direction-of-arrival approximation degree includes: respectively obtaining receiving vectors of a first target and a second target according to a processing result of a multi-channel echo signal, calculating a correlation coefficient between the receiving vectors of the first target and the second target, and determining a direction-of-arrival approximation degree between the first target and the second target according to the correlation coefficient. By using the method for determining the direction-of-arrival approximation degree, the real-time performance of multi-channel echo signal processing can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ran TANG, Yanqun ZHANG, Yan ZHU
  • Publication number: 20240127732
    Abstract: A shift-register unit, a grid driving circuit and a displaying device, which relates to the technical field of displaying. In the present disclosure, the oxide-semiconductor layers of the oxide thin-film transistors may be delimited into regions according to the total channel widths and the channel lengths required by the oxide thin-film transistors in the shift-register unit, wherein the sum of the widths of the independent semiconductor branches obtained by the delimitation is equal to the required total channel width. Accordingly, one oxide thin-film transistor can realize the required total channel width by using the one or more semiconductor branches, to ensure the normal operation of the oxide thin-film transistor, whereby the oxide-semiconductor layers of the different oxide thin-film transistors can be configured differently, to realize the purpose of reducing the border frame of the displaying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongxian Xie, Zhixiang Zou, Feng Qu, Chuanjiang Tang, Tong Yang, Xiaoye Ma, Fengzhen Lv, Ran Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240120923
    Abstract: Provided are a spin logic device based on a magnetic tunnel junction and an electronic apparatus comprising the same. According to an embodiment, the spin logic device may comprise: a current wiring; a magnetic tunnel junction, which comprises a free magnetic layer, a fixed magnetic layer, and a potential barrier layer located therebetween, which are stacked on the current wiring; and a current source for providing an input current to the current wiring, wherein the input current comprises a first, a second, and a third in-plane currents, directions of which are different from a direction of a magnetization axis of the free magnetic layer or there is a vertical component in that direction, and the first and the second in-plane currents are logical input currents while the third in-plane current is used to control the implementation mode of the spin logic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Xiufeng HAN, Caihua WAN, Mingkun ZHAO, Ran ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240118895
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are an ahead prediction method and branch instruction trace cache for direct jumping. The branch trace cache comprises: a prediction table based on historical branch information, which prediction table is used for implementing two jumping predictions, wherein the prediction table based on the historical branch information comprises the current branch prediction table and an ahead branch trace cache prediction table; a branch trace cache, which comprises a plurality of entries, each entry storing a plurality of consecutive instructions, and the plurality of consecutive instructions including a branch instruction, wherein each entry serves as a branch trace cache item, and comprises: a target instruction of the branch instruction, a sequential address of the target instruction of the branch instruction, a jump address of the target instruction of the branch instruction, and a tag; and a system cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ran ZHANG, Fei WANG
  • Patent number: 11953379
    Abstract: A live detection system, a thermal infrared (IR) imager and a method for power grid equipment are provided. The system includes an environmental parameter module for acquiring environmental temperature, humidity and wind speed data; a ranging module for measuring a linear distance to the power grid equipment; an equipment type recognition module for acquiring an image of the power grid equipment, and recognizing a type of the power grid equipment; an equipment material determination module for determining a material type of the power grid equipment; an emissivity setting module for setting an emissivity; an temperature measurement module for obtaining a temperature of the power grid equipment by focusing on positions of the power grid equipment which need temperature measurement; and a report generation module for selecting a corresponding diagnostic model, displaying a temperature measurement position and a temperature value, drawing a conclusion, and generating a report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: State Grid Shandong Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Corporation of China
    Inventors: Rong Liu, Hui Liu, Qinghe Shen, Jinxia Yao, Haiyan Yuan, Bo Yang, Xiaobin Sun, Chao Gu, Ran Jia, Yang Zhang, Chao Zhou, Chuanbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11954820
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for adding dimensions to a target drawing. The technique includes generating a first set of node embeddings for a first set of nodes included in a target graph that represents the target drawing. The technique also includes receiving a second set of node embeddings for a second set of nodes included in a source graph that represents a source drawing, where one or more nodes included in the second set of nodes are associated with one or more source dimensions included in the source drawing. The technique further includes generating a set of mappings between the first and second sets of nodes based similarities between the first set of node embeddings and the second set of node embeddings, and automatically placing the one or more source dimensions within the target drawing based on the set of mappings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Ryan Davies, Alexander Ray Carlson, Aditya Sanghi, Tarkeshwar Kumar Shah, Divya Sivasankaran, Anup Bhalchandra Walvekar, Ran Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240110796
    Abstract: A route recommendation method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided, which relate to the field of intelligent recommendation. The method includes: acquiring i-th scenic area information input for a target itinerary, wherein i is a positive integer; updating a scenic area list of the target itinerary based on the i-th scenic area information, and determining an estimated tour duration based on the scenic area list; and determining a recommended route of the target itinerary based on the scenic area list, in a case where a difference between a planned itinerary duration of the target itinerary and the estimated tour duration is less than a preset threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ran JI, Hao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240114234
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a video generation method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: playing a first video for prompting a video taking style on a video taking page in the form of a floating window, wherein the video taking page presents a taken image preview region for presenting a taken image in preview and a video taking control; recording, in response to a triggering operation on the video taking control, the taken image in the taken image preview region to generate a second video, wherein the second video and the first video have a same style. In this way, the second video is taken by playing, on the video taking page, the first video used for prompting the video taking style, so that an ordinary user can be guided to take a high-quality video, and the video taking experience of the user is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Xinyi Zha, Tianqi Zhang, Ran Cui, Shuaiqi Xiong, Jiayi Li, Junfeng Xue, Jianglong Zheng, Weixuan Pan, Tao Wang, Song Jia
  • Publication number: 20240105232
    Abstract: A video editing method and apparatus, a computer readable storage medium, a device, and a computer program product are provided. The method includes: displaying a material addition page, in response to a preset edition operation for a first video editing template; acquiring a user material corresponding to the first video editing template, based on the material addition page; and generating a first video corresponding to the first video editing template according to the user material. The material description information corresponding to the first video editing template is displayed on the material addition page, and the material description information is used to describe a content feature of a user material. The first video is a video edited from the user material according to an editing operation indicated by the first video editing template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Song JIA, Yingzhi ZHOU, Ran CUI, Ying ZHANG, Liangzhao CAO, Yuyang LIN, Tianqi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240107611
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for path switch in a wireless communication system. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method may include: receiving, at a UE, an RRC reconfiguration message from a BS via a source Uu link, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message includes a path switch indication indicating a switch to a target relay; and in response to the RRC reconfiguration message, transmitting an RRC reconfiguration complete message to the BS via the target relay, initiating a reestablishment procedure over a Uu interface, or falling back to the source Uu link. The method may further include: in response to the RRC reconfiguration message, detaching or maintain the source Uu link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Lianhai Wu, Congchi Zhang, Mingzeng Dai, Ran Yue, Jie Shi
  • Patent number: 11933724
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device of complex gas mixture detection based on optical-path-adjustable spectrum detection and a method therefor, and the device includes: a light source configured for generating an incident beam and emitting the incident beam into an optical gas cell; the optical gas cell, including a cavity configured for accommodating a gas sample, and a reflection module group configured for reflecting the incident beam and a track arranged in the cavity, where the track is consistent with a light path of the light beam in the cavity; a detector module that is connected with the track in a relatively movable manner and is configured for receiving light beams and obtaining spectral data, where an optical path is changed by moving the detector module relative to the track; and a data acquisition unit that is configured for acquiring the spectral data obtained by the detector module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hubei University of Technology
    Inventors: Yin Zhang, Xiaoxing Zhang, Ran Zhuo, Zhiming Huang, Guozhi Zhang, Dibo Wang, Shuangshuang Tian, Mingli Fu, Yunjian Wu, Yan Luo, Shuo Jin, Jinyu Pu, Yalong Li
  • Publication number: 20240082247
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the combination of IN10018 and an epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Baoyuan Zhang, Xuebin Liu, Jiaming Gao, Ping Zhang, Ran Pang, Zaiqi Wang
  • Publication number: 20240082245
    Abstract: The present invention features interferon-free therapies for the treatment of HCV. Preferably, the treatment is over a shorter duration of treatment, such as no more than 12 weeks. In one aspect, the treatment comprises administering at least two direct acting antiviral agents to a subject with HCV infection, wherein the treatment lasts for 12 weeks and does not include administration of either interferon or ribavirin, and said at least two direct acting antiviral agents comprise (a) Compound 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (b) Compound 2 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Christine Collins, Bo Fu, Abhishek Gulati, Jens Kort, Matthew Kosloski, Yang Lei, Chih-Wei Lin, Ran Liu, Federico Mensa, Iok Chan NG, Tami Pilot-Matias, David Pugatch, Nancy S. Shulman, Roger Trinh, Rolando M. Viani, Stanley Wang, Zhenzhen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11926982
    Abstract: An assembled subway station and a construction method thereof are provided. The assembled subway station includes a plurality of components combined in a ring shape, comprising a bottom plate component, two bottom corner components, two side wall components, a middle plate component, two top corner components, and a top plate component. Connection surfaces of each component are each provided with a concave-convex structure being matched with another concave-convex structure on a relevant connection surface of an adjacent component. Butt joint positions of two adjacent components are filled with sealing structures. The embedded grooves of two adjacent components are oppositely arranged, and connecting members for exerting opposite fastening forces on the two adjacent components are installed in the oppositely arranged embedded grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianli Ding, Bao Xiang, Xingzhong Nong, Juyang Wu, Haiou Shi, Feiqi Ou, Zihui Zan, Ran Wang, Shengya He, Xiao Li, Chunjie Liu, Liang Ye, Qian Zhou, Hengyi Li, Wenqi Zhang, Yiheng Ren, He Huang
  • Patent number: 11927504
    Abstract: The application proposes a non-destructive testing method for the sealing degree of the small cigarette box packaging, which includes placing the small cigarette box to be tested in an airtight chamber, using a balance cabin to quickly form a stable negative pressure in the airtight chamber; The pressure change of the sealed chamber is continuously measured until equilibrium, and the data model is analyzed and established by using Darcy's law, Fick's diffusion law and the physical process of molecular kinetic theory. Through the non-destructive testing method for the sealing degree of the small cigarette box packaging of the present invention, the traditional destructive measurement (damaged small box packaging) for measuring the sealing degree of cigarette small box is changed into non-destructive testing; The test results have specific physical meaning; The test time of a single sample is reduced to ? of the time of destructive test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZHENGZHOU TOBACCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CNTC
    Inventors: Bin Li, Yue Sun, Le Wang, Guangyang Qiu, Mingjian Zhang, Ran Chen, Ke Zhang, Nan Deng
  • Publication number: 20240073968
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method and an apparatus for fallback of data transmission. The method includes: detecting a trigger condition relating to a wireless network characteristic, while the user equipment is in a non-connected RRC state with a network device; and controlling a data transmission according to the detection of the trigger condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Ran Yue, Yi Zhang, Jie Shi, Min Xu, Jie Hu
  • Publication number: 20240072984
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses of an enhanced mechanism for a deactivated or dormant secondary node (SN) in a multi-radio dual connectivity (MR-DC) scenario under a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G New Radio (NR) system or the like. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method may be performed by a user equipment (UE) and can include: receiving configuration information from a serving cell, wherein the configuration information indicates to the UE an activated or a deactivated state of a secondary node (SN); and in response to receiving the configuration information indicating the activated state of the SN of the UE, receiving a deactivation indication or determining an expiry of a timer associated with deactivating the SN of the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Lianhai Wu, Congchi Zhang, Mingzeng Dai, Ran Yue, Le Yan