Patents by Inventor Tong Fang

Tong Fang 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: 20240154113
    Abstract: A sodium-ion pouch cell belongs to the technical field of new energy materials and devices. The pouch cell and comprises a cathode piece, a diaphragm, a presodiated anode piece, an electrolyte, a tab and an aluminum plastic film package, and is obtained by sequentially laminating 1 to 30 cathode pieces and 2 to 31 presodiated anode pieces in a Z-shaped manner, adding the electrolyte and packaging, the sodium-ion pouch cell is characterized in that: the cathode piece contains an O3 layered oxide cathode material, a chemical formula is NaaNibZncFedMneTi(1-b-c-d-e)O2, 0.8?a?1, 0.2<b?0.5, 0<c?0.1, 0<d?0.2, 0.2<e?0.5, the presodiated anode piece contains a hard carbon anode material, and a double-sided density of the cathode piece is 28 mg/cm2 to 33 mg/cm2; and a double-sided density of the anode piece is 14 mg/cm2 to 16 mg/cm2, and a battery capacity is 0.1 Ah to 10 Ah.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Fujun LI, Tong ZHANG, Suning GAO, Hengyi FANG, Meng REN, Jun CHEN
  • Patent number: 11977990
    Abstract: A first set of features associated with a neural network are parameterized. A decision tree is generated from the first set of features. One or more adjustments for the neural network are received at the decision tree. A second set of features associated with the adjustments at the decision tree are parameterized. The parameterized first and second set of features are combined into a plurality of parameters. From the plurality, an adjusted neural network is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong Fang Yuan, De Shuo Kong, Yun He Gao, Tong Liu, Peng Yun Sun, Ya Dong Li
  • Publication number: 20240144041
    Abstract: One or more systems, devices, computer program products and/or computer-implemented methods of use provided herein relate to a process to facilitate abnormal document self-discovery. A system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components, and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components can comprise an object detection component that can generate a knowledge graph with vectors corresponding with nodes representative of a page layout of a document. Additionally, the computer executable components can comprise an evaluation component that can compare the vectors to identify whether an edge is present between corresponding vectors of the knowledge graph; an encoder component that can re-code the knowledge graph; and a comparison component that can compare a structure of the knowledge graph with one or more other knowledge graphs corresponding to one or more other documents to determine if the document is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Zhong Fang Yuan, Fei Wang, Kun Yan Yin, Tong Liu, Yue Liu
  • Patent number: 11971916
    Abstract: A system and method for table conversion including converting a table containing text in tabular form to an image, labeling each text area of the image with a bounding box, determining for each bounding box, a position information, a semantic information, and an image information, reconstructing the image into a graph form having a plurality of nodes, wherein each node represents the bounding box of the text areas of the image, inputting at least two nodes into a trained neural network to determine a relative relationship between the at least two nodes, building a knowledge graph using the relative relationship of the at least two nodes, and translating the knowledge graph into machine readable natural language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong Fang Yuan, Tong Liu, Li Juan Gao, Si Heng Sun, Na Liu
  • Patent number: 11972108
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for generating and using a basic state layer. N task models are provided (N?2). Each task model was trained on a same pre-trained backbone model. Each task model includes M feature layers and a task layer (M?1). Each feature layer of each task model includes a parameter matrix that is different for the different models. An encoder-decoder model is trained. The encoder-decoder model includes sequentially: an input layer, an encoder, M hidden layers, a decoder, and an output layer. The encoder is a neural network that maps and compresses the parameter matrices in the input layer into the M hidden layers, which generates a basic state model. The decoder is a neural network that receives the basic state model as input and generates the output layer to be identical to the input layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong Fang Yuan, Tong Liu, Li Juan Gao, Na Liu, Xiang Yu Yang
  • Patent number: 11972525
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object via execution of a machine learning model on one or more images of the object, capturing a plurality of snapshots of the 3D model of the object at different angles to generate a plurality of snapshot images of the object, fusing a feature into each of the plurality of snapshots to generate a plurality of fused snapshots of the 3D model of the object, and storing the plurality of fused snapshots of the 3D model of the object in memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kun Yan Yin, Zhong Fang Yuan, Yi Chen Zhong, Lu Yu, Tong Liu
  • Publication number: 20240104787
    Abstract: Techniques are described with respect to a system, method, and computer product for enhancement of socialization between one or more individuals wearing personal protective equipment. An associated method includes identifying a plurality of social communications between one or more individuals wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and assigning an identifier to a participant associated with at least one of the social communications. The method further includes analyzing content of the at least one social communication and generating an augmented reality (AR) based representation of the content for presentation on an augmented reality device associated with the user, the augmented reality device presenting the content for visualization replacing PPE based at least in-part on the identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yuan Yuan Ding, Zhong Fang Yuan, Tong Liu, Si Tong Zhao, Yi Chen Zhong, Ziqiumin Wang
  • Publication number: 20240091191
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is related to a method for treating a symptom associated with senescence in a subject by administering to the subject with an effective amount of corylin and/or neobavaisoflavone, wherein the symptom associated with senescence is loss of muscle strength, muscle weakness, loss of motor coordination, loss of balance, skin wrinkle, or a poor blood biochemical parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Chang Gung University
    Inventors: Chin-Chuan CHEN, Yann-Lii LEU, Shu-Huei WANG, Tong-Hong WANG, Shu-Fang CHENG
  • Publication number: 20240096121
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for training and using a vector encoder to determine vectors for sub-images of text in an image to subject to optical character recognition. A vector encoder is trained to encode images representing text into vectors in a vector space. Vectors of images representing similar text have a high degree of cohesion in the vector space. Vectors of images representing dissimilar text have a low degree of cohesion in the vector space. An input image is processed to determine sub-images of the input image that bound text represented in the input image. The sub-images are inputted to the vector encoder to output sub-image vectors. The vector encoder generates a search vector for search text. Optical character recognition is applied to at least one region of the input image including the sub-images having sub-image vectors matching the search vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Zhong Fang YUAN, Tong LIU, Yi Chen ZHONG, Xiang Yu YANG, Guan Chao LI
  • Patent number: 10832923
    Abstract: A lower plasma-exclusion-zone ring for a bevel etcher is provided that is configured to etch a bevel edge of a substrate. The lower plasma-exclusion-zone ring includes a ring-shaped body and a radially-outer stepped surface. The ring-shaped body of the lower plasma-exclusion-zone ring defines an upper surface, a lower surface, a radially inner surface, and a radially outer surface. The radially-outer stepped surface of the lower plasma-exclusion-zone ring extending inwardly into the ring-shaped body between the radially outer surface of the ring-shaped body and the upper surface of the ring-shaped body. The ring-shaped body is made of a material selected from a group consisting of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and yttria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tong Fang, Yunsang Kim, Keechan Kim, George Stojakovic
  • Patent number: 10811282
    Abstract: An upper plasma-exclusion-zone ring for a bevel etcher is provided that is configured to etch a bevel edge of a substrate. The upper plasma-exclusion-zone ring includes a ring-shaped body and a radially-inner stepped surface. The ring-shaped body of the upper plasma-exclusion-zone ring defines an upper surface, a lower surface, a radially inner surface, and a radially outer surface. The radially-inner stepped surface of the upper plasma-exclusion-zone ring extends inwardly into the ring-shaped body between the radially inner surface of the ring-shaped body and the lower surface of the ring-shaped body. The ring-shaped body is made of a material selected from a group consisting of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and yttria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tong Fang, Yunsang Kim, Keechan Kim, George Stojakovic
  • Patent number: 10629458
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a bevel edge of a semiconductor substrate is provided. A semiconductor substrate is placed on a substrate support in a reaction chamber of a plasma processing apparatus. The substrate has a dielectric layer overlying a top surface and a bevel edge of the substrate, the layer extending above and below an apex of the bevel edge. A process gas is introduced into the reaction chamber and energized into a plasma. The bevel edge is cleaned with the plasma so as to remove the layer below the apex without removing all of the layer above the apex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tong Fang, Yunsang Kim, Keechan Kim, George Stojakovic
  • Patent number: 10240988
    Abstract: A method of calibrating transceiver positions inside an acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel that contains a plurality of transceivers, includes determining (40) a speed of sound in the acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel from a temperature and gas composition of a gas inside the acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel, acquiring (41) time-of-flight (TOFs) ?ti,j measurements from a plurality of pairs i,j of transceivers inside the acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel, estimating (42) a radius of the acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel from an average of the acquired TOF measurements, and using (43) an estimated radius of the acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel to estimate errors ??j of displacement angles of the transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Michelle xiaohong Yan, Heiko Claussen, Upul P. DeSilva, Justinian Rosca, Tong Fang, Nancy H. Ulerich
  • Publication number: 20170301565
    Abstract: An upper plasma-exclusion-zone ring for a bevel etcher is provided that is configured to etch a bevel edge of a substrate. The upper plasma-exclusion-zone ring includes a ring-shaped body and a radially-inner stepped surface. The ring-shaped body of the upper plasma-exclusion-zone ring defines an upper surface, a lower surface, a radially inner surface, and a radially outer surface. The radially-inner stepped surface of the upper plasma-exclusion-zone ring extends inwardly into the ring-shaped body between the radially inner surface of the ring-shaped body and the lower surface of the ring-shaped body. The ring-shaped body is made of a material selected from a group consisting of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and yttria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Tong Fang, Yunsang Kim, Keechan Kim, George Stojakovic
  • Publication number: 20170301566
    Abstract: A lower plasma-exclusion-zone ring for a bevel etcher is provided that is configured to etch a bevel edge of a substrate. The lower plasma-exclusion-zone ring includes a ring-shaped body and a radially-outer stepped surface. The ring-shaped body of the lower plasma-exclusion-zone ring defines an upper surface, a lower surface, a radially inner surface, and a radially outer surface. The radially-outer stepped surface of the lower plasma-exclusion-zone ring extending inwardly into the ring-shaped body between the radially outer surface of the ring-shaped body and the upper surface of the ring-shaped body. The ring-shaped body is made of a material selected from a group consisting of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and yttria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Tong Fang, Yunsang Kim, Keechan Kim, George Stojakovic
  • Patent number: 9622820
    Abstract: The design process for the surgical plan in orthopedics and/or the design of a personalized cutting guide and/or implant are automated in a workflow frame work. Abstracted rules are scripted through a sequence of operations to alter a bone surface or model for fitting an implant. Using bone information for a specific patient, the proper implant and series of cuts are determined using the rules. A corresponding cutting guide may be fitted to the bone information for the specific patient. Surgical planning of bone replacement implants is performed automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
    Inventors: Sajjad Hussain Baloch, Suraj Ravi Musuvathy, Guanglei Xiong, Lawrence Spivey, James B. Thompson, Tong Fang
  • Patent number: 9474582
    Abstract: A computer assisted method creates accurate CAD/CAM models of custom orthopedic implants is provided. Information about bone geometry is acquired through medical imaging such as CT image scans. The desired bone surface region is extracted as a polygonal mesh after processing the 3D images. A smooth and accurate B-Spline surface is fitted to the polygonal mesh that is thickened to a solid CAD model. A patient-specific customized implant is manufactured from the obtained CAD model. The patient-specific customized implant is implanted in a patient by a surgeon in an operating room. A processor based system to generate a CAD/CAM file of the patient-specific customized implant and a manufacturing system enabled to manufacture the implant from the CAD/CAM file are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Suraj Ravi Musuvathy, Ruirui Jiang, Sergei Azernikov, Gang Li, Tong Fang
  • Publication number: 20160109304
    Abstract: A method of calibrating transceiver positions inside an acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel that contains a plurality of transceivers, includes determining (40) a speed of sound in the acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel from a temperature and gas composition of a gas inside the acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel, acquiring (41) time-of-flight (TOFs) ?ti,j measurements from a plurality of pairs i,j of transceivers inside the acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel, estimating (42) a radius of the acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel from an average of the acquired TOF measurements, and using (43) an estimated radius of the acoustic pyrometry measuring vessel to estimate errors ??j of displacement angles of the transceivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Michelle xiaohong Yan, Heiko Claussen, Upul P. DeSilva, Justinian Rosca, Tong Fang, Nancy Ulerich
  • Publication number: 20150230874
    Abstract: A computer assisted method creates accurate CAD/CAM models of custom orthopedic implants is provided. Information about bone geometry is acquired through medical imaging such as CT image scans. The desired bone surface region is extracted as a polygonal mesh after processing the 3D images. A smooth and accurate B-Spline surface is fitted to the polygonal mesh that is thickened to a solid CAD model. A patient-specific customized implant is manufactured from the obtained CAD model. The patient-specific customized implant is implanted in a patient by a surgeon in an operating room. A processor based system to generate a CAD/CAM file of the patient-specific customized implant and a manufacturing system enabled to manufacture the implant from the CAD/CAM file are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Suraj Ravi Musuvathy, Ruirui Jiang, Sergei Azernikov, Gang Li, Tong Fang
  • Patent number: 9014835
    Abstract: A method on a processor customizes a fixation plate for repairing a bone fracture. A digital CAD model of an implant contains smooth analytic geometry representations including NURBS. The CAD geometry is directly manipulated to generate a customized implant CAD model that conforms to the desired region of the bone surface of a patient. Direct manipulation of NURBS geometry is computationally fast and suitable for interactive planning. The patient specific customized implant is produced directly from the generated customized CAD model with a standard CNC machine before surgery. The patient customized implant is implanted in the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sergei Azernikov, Suraj Ravi Musuvathy, Tong Fang