Patents by Inventor Simon Zhang

Simon 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: 20240176822
    Abstract: A database system facilitates secure data sharing by implementing projection constraints within a query processing framework. Upon receiving a query directed to a shared dataset, the system, utilizing hardware processors, identifies a subset of data within the dataset that is subject to a projection constraint policy. The applicability of the projection constraint is determined based on the context of the query, which is derived from a data sharing agreement. The system processes the query by selectively restricting the projection of data values from constrained columns, while allowing specific operations to be performed on the data. The output generated in response to the query is compliant with the projection constraint policy, providing derived data based on the allowed operations without revealing the actual data values. This ensures the confidentiality of sensitive information while enabling collaborative data analysis and sharing among various users of the database system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Khalid Zaman Bijon, Thierry Cruanes, Simon Holm Jensen, Allison Waingold Lee, Daniel N. Meredith, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz, Zixi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11995126
    Abstract: A system for enforcing projection constraints on data values stored in specified variables of a shared dataset of a cloud data platform. A request is received from a first account of the cloud data platform that identifies a first operation to be performed on the shared dataset. A first set of data, including data accessed from a first variable, is accessed from the shared dataset to use in performing the first operation. A projection constraint policy attached to the first variable of the shared dataset is determined, and the projection constraint policy is further determined to be enforced based on the request. Based on the first set of data and the first operation, an output to the first request is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Khalid Zaman Bijon, Thierry Cruanes, Simon Holm Jensen, Allison Waingold Lee, Daniel N. Meredith, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz, Zixi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240157335
    Abstract: A stationary phase for high-performance liquid chromatography including monofunctional primary silane functionalized silica provides improved separation performance for the preparative or process scale purification of cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydro-cannabinol (THC). Silica bonded with monofunctional primary silane(s) provides more efficient separation of these molecules through higher resolution values, reduced peak broadening and lower separation impedance, thus enabling higher purity product or more efficient purification process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: Keling ZHANG, Reno NGUYEN, Simon THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20240158404
    Abstract: Novel compounds, compositions, and methods of using and preparing the same, which may be useful for treating alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Grey, JR., Emily Elizabeth Allen, Michael J. Boyd, Robert F. Fimognari, JR., Simon Giroux, Michelle Lai-Chen, Ales Medek, Mengqi Li, Christopher David Poff, Daniel Tyler Richter, Tony Z. Scott, Kathleen Paige Sokolowsky, Jeffrey Braden Sperry, Charlene Tsay, Xiaoxu Wang, Mariam Zaky, Chenlong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240156929
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions for immunotherapy employing a modified T cell comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). In particular aspects, CAR-expressing T-cells are producing using electroporation in conjunction with a transposon-based integration system to produce a population of CAR-expressing cells that require minimal ex vivo expansion or that can be directly administered to patients for disease (e.g., cancer) treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Laurence J.N. COOPER, Hiroki TORIKAI, Ling ZHANG, Helen HULS, Feng WANG-JOHANNING, Lenka HURTON, Simon OLIVARES, Janani KRISHNAMURTHY
  • Patent number: 11983835
    Abstract: Techniques for placing and manipulating multiple three-dimensional (3D) models using mobile augmented reality (AR) are described. One technique includes receiving a first request to initialize an AR simulation of a first product for sale within a physical environment. In response to the first request, a first 3D model of the first product for sale is rendered onto the screen. After rendering the first 3D model, a second request to visualize a second product for sale within the physical environment is received during the AR simulation of the first product for sale. In response to the second request, a second 3D model of the second product for sale is rendered onto the screen with the first 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: A9.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Mukul Agarwal, Jonathan Bernadel-Huey, Kevin May, Xing Zhang, Karl Hillesland, Jack Mousseau, Simon Fox
  • Publication number: 20240144021
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: one or more processors configured to: randomly split a training data set into a first training data set comprising a first label assigned to first data and a second training data set comprising a second label assigned to second data; train a first neural network using a semi-supervised learning scheme based on the first training data set comprising the first label, and an unlabeled second training data set; and train a second neural network using the semi-supervised learning scheme based on the second training data set comprising the second label, and an unlabeled first training data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jihye KIM, Aristide BARATIN, Simon LACOSTE-JULIEN, Yan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240121204
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for automatically providing a suggestion to delay sending a message that is being composed by a user to send to a chat participant using a chat feature of an application. The suggestion is sent in response to determining that one or more trigger conditions occurred. The suggestion includes a scheduled time to send the message. The methods and systems send the delayed message at the scheduled time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jiaoyan ZHANG, Wendy GUO, John Hay TAING, Vineet BATTA, Yury ISAKOV, Simon Chun Ho TAM, Jennifer Andrea NINO TAPIA, Matthew David WALL, Sean Michael LYNCH, Milena NATANOV, Angelina CONSTANCE
  • Patent number: 11947266
    Abstract: A method for determining a correction relating to a performance metric of a semiconductor manufacturing process, the method including: obtaining a set of pre-process metrology data; processing the set of pre-process metrology data by decomposing the pre-process metrology data into one or more components which: a) correlate to the performance metric; or b) are at least partially correctable by a control process which is part of the semiconductor manufacturing process; and applying a trained model to the processed set of pre-process metrology data to determine the correction for the semiconductor manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Nicolaas Petrus Marcus Brantjes, Matthijs Cox, Boris Menchtchikov, Cyrus Emil Tabery, Youping Zhang, Yi Zou, Chenxi Lin, Yana Cheng, Simon Philip Spencer Hastings, Maxim Philippe Frederic Genin
  • Patent number: 11950036
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume in which a speaker assembly is positioned. The speaker assembly can include a speaker module and a speaker enclosure in fluid communication, with the speaker enclosure at least partially defining a speaker volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Chanjuan Feng, Christopher Wilk, Dinesh C. Mathew, Keith J. Hendren, Stuart M. Nevill, Daniel K. Boothe, Nicholas A Rundle, Simon S. Lee, Xiang Zhang, Thomas H. Tsang, Rebecca J. Mikolajczyk
  • Publication number: 20240106458
    Abstract: A method of converting 10-bit pixel data (e.g. 10:10:10:2 data) into 8-bit pixel data involves converting the 10-bit values to 8-bits using a technique that is selected dependent upon the values of the MSBs of the 10-bit values and setting the value of an HDR flag dependent upon the values of the MSBs. The HDR flag is appended to the 3-bit channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Simon Fenney, Linling Zhang
  • Patent number: 11942459
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a first substrate having an electrical circuit, semiconductor dies stacked one on top of the other, and bond wires electrically connected one to another. The bond wires electrically couple the semiconductor dies to one another and to the electrical circuit. There is a first bond wire having a first portion connected to a first semiconductor die, a second portion connected to a second semiconductor die, and an intermediate portion between the first portion and second portion. The semiconductor device package further includes a molding compound encapsulating the semiconductor dies, and the first and second portions of the first bond wire. The intermediate portion of the first bond wire is exposed along a top planar surface of the molding compound. The semiconductor device package may be used for coupling one or more other semiconductor device packages thereto via the exposed intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hua Tan, Hope Chiu, Weiting Jiang, Elley Zhang, Cong Zhang, Simon Dong, Jerry Tang, Rosy Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240092356
    Abstract: Systems and methods for training a policy are disclosed. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory with instructions that cause the processor to train the policy using a training data set with training scenes to generate an identification policy and perform a closed-loop simulation on the identification policy to collect closed-loop metrics. Based on the closed-loop metrics, the instructions cause the processor to construct an error set of the training scenes and construct an upsampled training set by upsampling the error set. After that, the policy is trained using the upsampled training set to generate a final policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Woven by Toyota, Inc.
    Inventors: Eesha Kumar, Yiming Zhang, Stefano Pini, Simon A.I. Stent, Ana Sofia Rufino Ferreira, Sergey Zagoruyko, Christian Samuel Perone
  • Patent number: 11934543
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating transient object references are provided. The systems and methods perform operations including establishing a session between a first entity and a second entity. The operations include identifying an object that the first entity is authorized to access according to a first set of access privileges. The operations include generating a reference associated with the object. The operations include temporarily authorizing the second entity to access the object using the reference according to a second set of access privileges, the second set of access privileges being derived from the first set of access privileges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Wenjun Bi, Khalid Zaman Bijon, Damien Carru, Thierry Cruanes, Simon Holm Jensen, Daniel N. Meredith, Subramanian Muralidhar, Eric Robinson, David Schultz, Zixi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11928157
    Abstract: A constraint system enforces projection constraints on data values stored in specified columns of a shared dataset when queries are received by a database system. A projection constraint identifies that the data in a column may be restricted from being projected (e.g., presented, read, outputted) in an output to a received query, while allowing specified operations to be performed on the data and a corresponding output to be provided. For example, the projection constraint may indicate a context for a query that triggers the constraint, such as based on the user that submitted the query. Enforcing projection constraints on queries received at the database system allows for data to be shared and used anonymously by entities to perform various operations without the need to tokenize the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Khalid Zaman Bijon, Thierry Cruanes, Simon Holm Jensen, Allison Waingold Lee, Daniel N. Meredith, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz, Zixi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240080039
    Abstract: Lossy methods and hardware for compressing data and the corresponding decompression methods and hardware are described. The lossy compression method comprises dividing a block of pixels into a number of sub-blocks and then analysing, for each sub-block, and selecting one of a candidate set of lossy compression modes. The analysis may, for example, be based on the alpha values for the pixels in the sub-block. In various examples, the candidate set of lossy compression modes comprises at least one mode that uses a fixed alpha channel value for all pixels in the sub-block and one or more modes that encode a variable alpha channel value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Simon Fenney, Linling Zhang
  • Patent number: 11923621
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array on an antenna module. The array may include low band antennas and high band antennas that radiate at frequencies greater than 10 GHz. The module may include antenna layers, transmission line layers, and ground traces that separate the antenna layers from the transmission line layers. The low band antennas and the high band antennas may have radiators patterned onto the antenna layers. The radiators may be fed by transmission lines on the transmission line layers. The antenna layers may have a dielectric permittivity that is greater than the dielectric permittivity of the transmission line layers. This may serve to reduce the lateral footprint of the low band and high band antennas, which allows the antennas to be interleaved along a common linear axis in the phased antenna array, thereby minimizing the lateral footprint of the antenna module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jiangfeng Wu, Siwen Yong, Simon G. Begashaw, Yi Jiang, Lijun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11922489
    Abstract: A camera is used to capture image data of representations of a physical environment. Planes and surfaces are determined from a representation. The planes and the surfaces are analyzed using relationships there between to obtain shapes and depth information for available spaces within the physical environment. Locations of the camera with respect to the physical environment are determined. The shapes and the depth information are analyzed using a trained neural network to determine items fitting the available spaces. A live camera view is overlaid with a selection from the items to provide an augmented reality (AR) view of the physical environment from an individual location of the locations. The AR view is enabled so that a user can port to a different location than the individual location by an input received to the AR view while the selection from the items remains anchored to the individual location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: A9.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Rupa Chaturvedi, Xing Zhang, Frank Partalis, Yu Lou, Colin Jon Taylor, Simon Fox
  • Publication number: 20230325086
    Abstract: A memory controller may include a dynamic arbitration scheme to dynamically vary arbitration factors of two or more traffic classes based on dynamic latency tolerance, requested and available bandwidths on an interconnect from source agents to memory controllers, and other dynamic and static factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Anjana Subramanian, Rohit Natarajan, Yu Simon Zhang, Mukul A. Joshi, Harshavardhan Kaushikkar, Jeonghee Shin, Srinivasa Rangan Sridharan
  • Patent number: 11494272
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure relate to a method, a device and a computer program product for data protection. The method comprises determining objects selected by a user in a set of objects, and automatically generating one or more corresponding filtering conditions according to the objects selected by the user. The method further comprises automatically setting a predetermined protection policy for objects meeting the filtering conditions in the set of objects. In the embodiments of this disclosure, corresponding filtering conditions are automatically generated according to some protected objects selected by a user to form a dynamic filter, without manually setting the filtering conditions by the user, thereby improving the user experience of a data protection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Simon Zhang, Leon Qianyun Cheng