Patents by Inventor Thomas Zhang
Thomas 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).
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Publication number: 20240169624Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that modify digital images via scene-based editing using image understanding facilitated by artificial intelligence. For instance, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems generate utilizing a segmentation neural network, an object mask for each object of a plurality of objects of a digital image. The disclosed systems detect a first user interaction with an object in the digital image displayed via a graphical user interface. The disclosed systems surface, via the graphical user interface, the object mask for the object in response to the first user interaction. The disclosed systems perform an object-aware modification of the digital image in response to a second user interaction with the object mask for the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Jonathan Brandt, Scott Cohen, Zhe Lin, Zhihong Ding, Darshan Prasad, Matthew Joss, Celso Gomes, Jianming Zhang, Olena Soroka, Klaas Stoeckmann, Michael Zimmermann, Thomas Muehrke
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Publication number: 20240164584Abstract: A micro puree machine has a mixing shaft attachable to a blade that is subject to both linear and rotational movement. A drive motor is contained within a lower portion of the machine housing and operatively couples to a first gear that engages a second gear on the mixing shaft for rotation of the mixing blade. A position motor within the upper housing operates to move the mixing blade linearly to engage the ingredients in the bowl. During both axial and rotational movement of the mixing shaft, the drive motor and the position motor remain stationary within their respective positions in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Ping Chu, Thomas Zhang, Yanfeng Wang, Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng, Kai Ping Hu
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Publication number: 20240169526Abstract: The present disclosure is for a system and a method for artificial intelligence (AI) based review of radiologic images as they are being read by a radiologist. The AI review is performed through the use of screen sharing and screen capture approaches allowing an AI model to analyze images without direct access to the raw image files. The AI review may compare user documented findings with AI model-based findings in order to identify discrepancies between the two. The discrepancies can be used as feedback for retraining the model and/or as feedback to the user to aid in education or track and/or improve an individual's review characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Lawrence Ngo, Brian Blanchette, Jacob Johnson, Thomas Craig, Hongyi Zhang
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Publication number: 20240168622Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a computing device, a transcription of an audio recording, where the transcription is divided into a plurality of text sections. The method additionally includes associating one or more tags with each text section of the plurality of text sections, where each associated tag is extracted from text of the transcription. The method also includes selecting a subset of the plurality of text sections based at least on the one or more tags associated with each text section of the plurality of text sections. The method further includes providing, for display on the computing device, a representation of the transcription and a scroller interface, where the scroller interface allows for navigation to each text section in the subset based on user navigation to a tag associated with the text section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Itay Inbar, Isaac Blankensmith, Sherry Lin, Thomas Hall, James Lemieux, Bin Zhang
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Patent number: 11987649Abstract: The present invention provides process for treating crop kernels, comprising the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of GH62 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity or a GH43 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: James Lavigne, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Chee-Leong Soong, Randall Scott Deinhammer, Zhen Long, Yi Cao, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yu Zhang, Brian R. Scott
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Publication number: 20240158348Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1 through R8, Rf, Q and G are as defined in the Disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Thomas Paul SELBY, Wandi ZHANG, Alison Mary LEVENS
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Publication number: 20240160554Abstract: Systems and methods for data anomaly detection include recommending one or more algorithms from a set of algorithms to process received time series data, wherein the one or more algorithms are recommended based at least in part on a type of workload for processing the received time series data. Assisted parameter tuning is provided for a detected anomaly alert and calibration, and the received time series data is processed based on a user selected algorithm that is parameter tuned, thereby resulting in more efficient and reliable anomaly detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Roman BATOUKOV, Richard WYDROWSKI, Sai Sankalp ARRABOLU, Zeqiang WANG, Lech GUDALEWICZ, Keiji KANAZAWA, Benjamin J. LOFTON, Thomas W. POTTHAST, Suren AGHAJANYAN, Khoa TRAN, Jian ZHANG
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Patent number: 11984594Abstract: Provided are methods of preparing an electrochemically active cathode material including the steps of combining an alkali metal-containing nickel oxide having a formula A1?aNi1+aO2, wherein A comprises an alkali metal and 0<a?0.2, with a fluid composition including an oxidant comprising a peroxydisulfate salt, a monopersulfate salt, or a combination thereof to form a mixture, heating the mixture to a temperature of 50° C. or greater; and maintaining the mixture at the temperature for at least a period of time sufficient to form an alkali metal-deficient nickel oxide electrochemically active cathode material having a general formula AxHyNi1+aO2·nH2O, wherein A comprises an alkali metal; 0.08?x<0.2; 0?y<0.3; 0.02?a?0.2; and 0<n<2.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Fan Zhang, Paul A. Christian, Jennifer A. Nelson, David L. Anglin, Paul Wildgust, Thomas Baccaro
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Patent number: 11984700Abstract: A display system includes an integrated laser and modulator device and a display assembly. The integrated laser and modulator device includes a laser component configured to facilitate light emission responsive to applied current and a modulator component configured to selectively modulate light responsive to applied signal. The modulator component is integrally coupled to the laser component via a bridging structure that intervenes between the laser component and the modulator component. At least a portion of the bridging structure facilitates power reflectivity into a laser cavity of the laser component. The bridging structure facilitates transmission of light emitted by the laser component into the modulator component for modulation by the modulator component to provide modulated light. The display assembly is configured to direct the modulated light provided by the integrated laser and modulator device to illuminate pixels to form an image.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yifei Zhang, Thomas Hamish Barter
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Patent number: 11980364Abstract: A surgical stapling device (10) includes a replaceable cartridge assembly (44) having knife assembly (80) and an anvil assembly (42) including a cutting plate (52). The cutting plate (52) is configured be durable to maintain performance of the stapling device (10) over multiple firings.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Xini Zhang, Thomas R. Hessler
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Publication number: 20240155071Abstract: A method and system for text-to-video generation. The method includes receiving a text input, generating a representation frame based on the text input using a model trained on text-image pairs, generating a set of frames based on the representation frame and a first frame rate, interpolating the set of frames to a higher frame rate, generating a first video based on the interpolated set of frames, increasing a resolution of the first video based on a first and second super-resolution model, and generating an output video based on a result of the super-resolution models.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Sonal Gupta, Adam Polyak, Thomas Falstad Hayes, Xi Yin, Jie An, Chao Yang, Oron Ashual, Oran Gafni, Devi Niru Parikh, Yaniv Nechemia Taigman, Uriel Singer, Songyang Zhang, Qiyuan Hu
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Patent number: 11976188Abstract: This disclosure relates to a polymer composition with color pigments highly incorporated, comprising (a) propylene-based copolymers and/or ethylene/C3-C10 alpha-olefin copolymers and (b) one or more color pigments.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology CompanyInventors: Shanshan Zhang, Wenbin Yu, Thomas Cugnon, Saurabh C. Sharma, Gan-Ji Zhong
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Patent number: 11970777Abstract: Methods for atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of low-K films are described. A method of depositing a film comprises exposing a substrate to a silicon precursor having the general formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id), (IX), or (X); and exposing the substrate to an oxidant to react with the silicon-containing film to form one or more of a silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) film or a silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) film on the substrate, the oxidant comprising one or more of a carboxylic acid, an aldehyde, a ketone, an ethenediol, an oxalic acid, a glyoxylic acid, a peroxide, an alcohol, and a glyoxal.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Shuaidi Zhang, Ning Li, Mihaela A. Balseanu, Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Mark Saly, Thomas Knisley
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Publication number: 20240125806Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphatidylserine (PS) binding agents comprising one or more C-domains of a milk fat globule-EGF factor 8 (MFG-E8) protein, and methods of making and using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: BIOLEGEND, INC., TBJK GmbHInventors: THOMAS BROCKER, JAN KRANICH, TILMAN KURZ, HONG ZHANG, HYUN PARK
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Patent number: 11958780Abstract: A ceramic waveguide includes: a doped metal oxide ceramic core layer; and at least one cladding layer comprising the metal oxide surrounding the core layer, such that the core layer includes an erbium dopant and at least one rare earth metal dopant being: lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, or oxides thereof, or at least one non-rare earth metal dopant comprising zirconium or oxides thereof. Also included is a quantum memory including: at least one doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device with the ceramic waveguide and a method of fabricating the ceramic waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Sean Matthew Garner, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Jun Yang, Haitao Zhang
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Publication number: 20240114942Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides compounds that antagonize certain T2R taste receptors, including related uses, methods, and compositions for the reduction of bitter taste and/or the enhancement of sweet taste. In certain aspects, the disclosure provides flavored articles or flavored compositions comprising such compounds, as well as uses of such compounds to reduce the bitter taste and/or enhance the sweet taste of such flavored articles or flavored compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Firmenich IncorporatedInventors: Joseph R. Fotsing, Andrew Patron, Guy Servant, Lan Zhang, Mark Williams, Qing Chen, Kenneth Simone, Vincent Darmohusodo, Chad Priest, Melissa S. Wong, Thomas Brady
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Publication number: 20240120707Abstract: A display system includes an integrated laser and modulator device and a display assembly. The integrated laser and modulator device includes a laser component configured to facilitate light emission responsive to applied current and a modulator component configured to selectively modulate light responsive to applied signal. The modulator component is integrally coupled to the laser component via a bridging structure that intervenes between the laser component and the modulator component. At least a portion of the bridging structure facilitates power reflectivity into a laser cavity of the laser component. The bridging structure facilitates transmission of light emitted by the laser component into the modulator component for modulation by the modulator component to provide modulated light. The display assembly is configured to direct the modulated light provided by the integrated laser and modulator device to illuminate pixels to form an image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Yifei ZHANG, Thomas Hamish BARTER
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Patent number: 11954820Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Thomas Ryan Davies, Alexander Ray Carlson, Aditya Sanghi, Tarkeshwar Kumar Shah, Divya Sivasankaran, Anup Bhalchandra Walvekar, Ran Zhang
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Publication number: 20240110070Abstract: A photoresin formulation for volumetric additive manufacturing contains a photo-curable mixture of: a monomer (e.g., an acrylate-based monomer); a photoinitiator; a polymerization inhibitor (e.g., molecular oxygen (O2)); and, a reducing agent reactive with a free radical species (e.g., a peroxyl radical) formed from the polymerization inhibitor. The reducing agent permits faster printing of objects from the photoresin formulation in a volumetric additive manufacturing process to produce 3D objects of high fidelity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yujie ZHANG, Antony ORTH, Daniel WEBBER, Kathleen SAMPSON, Thomas LACELLE, Chantal PAQUET, Hendrick de HAAN
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Publication number: 20240113217Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second trenches in a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor mesa between the first and second trenches. A source region having a first conductivity type and a body region having an opposite second conductivity type are located within the semiconductor mesa. A trench shield is located within the first trench, and a gate electrode is over the trench shield between first and second sidewalls of the first trench. A gate dielectric is on a sidewall of the first trench between the gate electrode and the body region, and a pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer is over the gate electrode. A gate contact through the PMD layer touches the gate electrode between the first and second sidewalls, and a trench shield contact through the PMD layer touches the trench shield between the first and second sidewalls.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Hong Yang, Thomas Grebs, Yunlong Liu, Sunglyong Kim, Lindong Li, Peng Li, Seetharaman Sridhar, Yeguang Zhang, Sheng pin Yang