Patents by Inventor Tao Liu

Tao Liu 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: 20240085510
    Abstract: Disclosed are a dynamic error measurement apparatus, system, and method for an electricity meter. The measurement apparatus includes a test signal generation unit configured to generate a voltage test signal and two-circuit current test signals, output the voltage test signal to a measurement unit, and output the two-circuit current test signals to the measurement unit and a current summation unit; the measurement unit configured to determine two-circuit electric energy values based on the voltage test signal and the two-circuit current test signals, and output the two-circuit electric energy values to a calculation control unit; the current summation unit configured to determine a combined current signal based on the two-circuit current test signals; and the calculation control unit configured to determine a total electric energy value based on the two-circuit electric energy values. The system includes a standard meter and a measurement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jian Ma, Tao Hu, Xuewei Wang, Kexu Chen, Di Wu, Yan Zhao, Gaofeng Deng, Qiang Liu, Aichao Yang, Yanlinzi Huang
  • Patent number: 11929509
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lithium metal composite electrode material for a lithium metal battery, a preparation method for the same, and an electrode, battery, battery module, battery pack and apparatus comprising the same. The lithium metal composite electrode material comprises: lithium metal particles and a lithium-containing conductive layer serving as a supporting framework, the supporting framework being filled with the lithium metal particles; wherein the lithium-containing conductive layer comprises an inorganic lithium compound and a lithium alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Chengdu Liang, Yongsheng Guo, Tao Zhang, Chengyong Liu, Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 11928904
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for controlling a smart lock. The method may include establishing a secure connection with a network, obtaining security control information through the secure connection, obtaining an operation input; performing a security verification based on the security control information and the operation input, and performing a corresponding operation based on the operation input when the security verification is passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: YUNDING NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Li, Binghui Peng, Qi Yi, Yuchuan Liu, Xiancang Li
  • Patent number: 11927855
    Abstract: A display system includes an extended illumination source, a first liquid crystal assembly disposed on the extended illumination source, and a second liquid crystal assembly disposed on the first liquid crystal display assembly. The first liquid crystal assembly includes a bottom reflective polarizer, a top reflective polarizer, and a bottom liquid crystal panel disposed between the top and bottom reflective polarizers. The second liquid crystal assembly includes a top absorbing polarizer, and a top liquid crystal panel disposed between the top absorbing polarizer and the first liquid crystal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kristopher J. Derks, Shannon L. Siefken, Tao Liu, Nathaniel K. Naismith
  • Patent number: 11930463
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a time service and positioning network system for an underground chain-shaped large space in a coal mine. The system adopts a base station-level network internal time synchronization method which takes an optical fiber time service as a main part and takes a satellite time service as an auxiliary part to construct a time service and positioning network system with an unified time within the ad-hoc network base stations, based on the ad-hoc network base stations linearly arranged in the underground chain-shaped large space in the coal mine. Through the network construction, the network stabilization and the network application, the system unifies the time reference of the base station-level network and improves the positioning accuracy of the network application by utilization of the base station-level network internal time synchronization method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, XUZHIU KERUI MINING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gongbo Zhou, Chuansheng Zhang, Fan Jiang, Lianfeng Han, Shudong Wang, Xin Liu, Duifang Gu, Tao Wang, Chuansong Wang, Libing Wang, Niansheng Liu, Fuxing Shi, Dongrun Liu, Lizheng Li, Zhencai Zhu
  • Patent number: 11925531
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a magnetic dressing and a preparation method and use thereof, belonging to the technical field of pharmaceutical preparations. The magnetic dressing includes a magnetic layer, a drug-loading layer, and a protective layer that are stacked in sequence, where the magnetic layer includes polyvinyl alcohol, gluten, and iron particles. In the present disclosure, a swallowed magnetic dressing is controlled by an external magnetic field, and the magnetic dressing is moved to a pathological position by changing a direction of the external magnetic field; after the external magnetic field is removed, the magnetic dressing changes from a ring to a sheet, thereby completing attachment of an entire lesion surface to complete treatment by autonomous drug release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai University
    Inventors: Na Liu, Ziheng Chen, Huiyu Yuan, Dan Zhang, Kewei Zhang, Tao Yue, Yuanyuan Liu, Yan Peng
  • Patent number: 11930677
    Abstract: A display panel and a fabricating method thereof, and a displaying device. The display panel includes a substrate, a resistance reducing trace, an inter-layer-medium layer and a signal line. The substrate is divided into a plurality of sub-pixel regions and a pixel separating region. The resistance reducing trace is provided on the pixel separating region of the substrate. The inter-layer-medium layer is provided on the substrate, and the inter-layer-medium layer has an opening exposing the resistance reducing trace. The signal line is provided within the opening, the signal line is connected to the resistance reducing trace, the signal line is distributed in a column direction along the display panel, and in a row direction along the display panel, a width of the opening is greater than or equal to a width of the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongchao Huang, Can Yuan, Liusong Ni, Chao Wang, Jiawen Song, Zhiwen Luo, Jun Liu, Leilei Cheng, Qinghe Wang, Tao Sun
  • Publication number: 20240077544
    Abstract: Disclosed are an arc discharge detection method and device for a battery system, and a battery energy storage system. The arc discharge detection method for a battery system comprises: sampling a terminal voltage and a charging and discharging current of a battery system, sampling the terminal voltage of the battery system twice and calculating a first voltage difference value, and sampling the terminal voltage of the battery system and a terminal voltage of an electricity load and calculating a second voltage difference value; performing time domain and frequency domain analysis on the sampled data to obtain corresponding time domain and frequency domain feature values; and on the basis of the time domain and frequency domain feature values and the first and second voltage difference values, determining whether arc discharge features are met, so as to determine whether an arc discharge fault occurs in the battery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Bin LIU, Zengkun NING, Min HUANG, Gang FANG, Jinjun LU, Nan XU, Tao LIU
  • Publication number: 20240077760
    Abstract: A display device includes: a frame, including a frame body, a first protrusion disposed on the frame body, and a second protrusion disposed on the frame body, the second protrusion including at least one stepped portion; a display panel, located on a side of one stepped portion of the at least one stepped portion close to a light emitting surface of the display device and located on an inner side of the frame body; and a planar back housing, fixed on the inner side of the frame body and a side of the first protrusion away from the light emitting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hao LIU, Yunben SHEN, Guangning HAO, Tao NI, Yang LIU, Lihua SHENG
  • Publication number: 20240078084
    Abstract: Systems and methods for smart sensors are provided. A smart sensor includes: a computer processor; a microphone; and a memory storing a voice control module. The voice control module may be configured to: resolve a first voice command received by the microphone and determine a first identity of a first registered user of a plurality of registered users based on the first voice command. In embodiments, resolving the first voice command includes determining a first instruction. In additional embodiments, the smart sensor may be configured to carry out the first instruction based on first user data associated with the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kent R. VanOoyen, Tao Liu, Zhong-Hui Lin, Dean Phillips, Stan K. Daley
  • Publication number: 20240079509
    Abstract: A solar cell, a textured surface structure and a method for preparing the same are provided. The textured surface structure is formed on a surface of a silicon wafer, and the surface has a grid line covered area and a light-receiving exposure area. The textured surface structure includes a first textured surface formed on the grid line covered area, and a second textured surface formed on the light-receiving exposure area. The texture size of the first textured surface is larger than the texture size of the second textured surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Lin SUN, Junlin DU, Gongbing CHEN, Lin ZHANG, Xiuqing YANG, Xiangfei LIU, Tao YAN, Deng PAN
  • Publication number: 20240079592
    Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus includes a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a current collector, a first coating, and a second coating, the second coating is provided on at least one surface of the current collector, and the first coating is provided between the current collector and the second coating and contains inorganic particles with a Mohs hardness of 2 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Dongguan Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Bing JIANG, Tao LIU
  • Patent number: 11924555
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a light projector, a sensor and a processor. The light projector may be configured to toggle a light pattern. The sensor may be configured to generate pixel data. The processor may be configured to process the pixel data arranged as video frames, extract IR images with the light pattern, IR images without the light pattern and RGB images from the video frames, generate a control signal in response to the IR images with the light pattern and the RGB images, calculate an IR interference measurement in response to the IR images without the light pattern and the RGB images and select a mode of operation for an IR channel control and an RGB channel control in response to the IR interference measurement. The control signal may be configured to adjust an exposure for the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ambarella International LP
    Inventors: Jian Tang, Tao Liu, Jingyang Qiu
  • Patent number: 11924766
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) may include: receiving a multicast bandwidth part configuration for multicast communications between a base station and the UE, where the multicast bandwidth part configuration includes a maximum number of multiple-input, multiple-output layers to be used for the multicast communications; establishing a multicast link with the base station for multicast communications; determining to use a reduced number of antennas for multicast reception than the number of antennas used for unicast reception, or determining that the UE is able to decode the multicast communications prior to a remaining portion of the multicast communications; and receiving the multicast communications via the reduced number of antennas, or reducing the radio frequency power prior to completion of a number of repetitions or retransmissions of the multicast communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun, Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Peter Gaal, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11920923
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a water heater, and a scale detection system and method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: A. O. Smith Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Chen, Hongfei Ma, Shufeng Liu
  • Patent number: 11919842
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to polymercaptan compounds and application fields thereof, and particularly relates to a polymercaptan compound and a preparation method thereof, a curing agent, a resin composition, an adhesive and a sealant. The polymercaptan compound is represented by formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R7 and R8 are each independently selected from one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group with 1-5 carbon atoms and an alkoxy group with 1-5 carbon atoms, R4 and R6 are each independently selected from an alkylene group with 1-5 carbon atoms, and m and n are each independently 0, 1, 2 or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: WELDTONE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Changjing Chen, Tao Liu, Hongteng Lin, Shuai Li
  • Publication number: 20240065513
    Abstract: A support on the cleaning device includes trays; a water outlet channel is formed on each tray; a height difference is formed between two sides of the water outlet channel, such that when flowing in a direction from high to low, a fluid m the tray and used for cleaning can cross the water outlet channel and is kept from flowing out through the water outlet channel, and when the fluid in the tray flows in a direction from low to high, the fluid can flow out through the water outlet channel. The height difference formed between the two sides of the water outlet channel is used to combine cleaning and scraping of the cleaning device by the tray with discharging of the fluid; the cleaning device is scraped clean by a high end formed by the height difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG JIAXING JESUN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao JIANG, Hao CHEN, Hongwei LIU, Xuman DENG, Xuan LI, Bin WU, Lihao ZHU
  • Publication number: 20240067761
    Abstract: An invert emulsion having double particle size distribution, the invert emulsion having a particle size distribution of latex particles between 20 nm and 70 nm and between 100 nm and 500 nm in the same invert emulsion system. A preparation method for an invert emulsion comprises: forming an emulsion A and an emulsion B having different particle sizes by controlling an emulsifier system and an emulsification means, and preparing in one step an invert emulsion the particle size of which has bimodal distribution by means of a three-stage polymerization reaction between the emulsion A and the emulsion B in the same system. The invert emulsion is used as a water treatment flocculant, a sludge dewatering agent and a papermaking auxiliary agent, and in particular, the sludge dewatering agent fabricated from the invert emulsion is used for dewatering sludge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Guofeng HE, Zhuqing LIU, Qiang LIU, Qin WANG, Tao ZHOU, Suling YIN
  • Patent number: D1016734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: CSI Cells Co. Ltd, Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc.
    Inventors: Xuanxuan Liu, Xiujuan Pan, Jingbing Dong, Fuyang Huang, Tao Xu
  • Patent number: D1017848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Tao Liu