Patents by Inventor Xiaoming Tao
Xiaoming Tao 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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Patent number: 11915161Abstract: A method includes: pre-processing initial data of an acquired to-be-analyzed confrontation scenario, to obtain triplet data marked in a graph data structure, inputting the triplet data into a pre-trained analyzing model, to determine a result of analysis on semantic information of the to-be-analyzed confrontation scenario; wherein the analyzing model includes a plurality of operator networks that are provided with execution priorities, wherein the plurality of operator networks are configured for analyzing relations of different types; and the processing result of any one of the operator networks includes: in the relation type corresponding to the operator network, respective true relations of all of the node pairs, and confidences and descriptive values of the true relations; and according to the graph data structure that is updated by using the processing results of all of the operator networks, characterizing the result of analysis on the semantic information of the to-be-analyzed confrontation scenario.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, NANTONG ADVANCED COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yiping Duan, Xiaoming Tao, Mingzhe Li, Ziqi Zhao
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Publication number: 20240013075Abstract: A method includes: pre-processing initial data of an acquired to-be-analyzed confrontation scenario, to obtain triplet data marked in a graph data structure, inputting the triplet data into a pre-trained analyzing model, to determine a result of analysis on semantic information of the to-be-analyzed confrontation scenario; wherein the analyzing model includes a plurality of operator networks that are provided with execution priorities, wherein the plurality of operator networks are configured for analyzing relations of different types; and the processing result of any one of the operator networks includes: in the relation type corresponding to the operator network, respective true relations of all of the node pairs, and confidences and descriptive values of the true relations; and according to the graph data structure that is updated by using the processing results of all of the operator networks, characterizing the result of analysis on the semantic information of the to-be-analyzed confrontation scenario.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicants: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, NANTONG ADVANCED COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yiping DUAN, Xiaoming TAO, Mingzhe LI, Ziqi ZHAO
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Patent number: 11464442Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining a quality grade of video data, and relates to the field of data processing technologies, wherein the method includes: acquiring a plurality of initial EEG data; based on the plurality of initial EEG data, determining an initial EEG data set, wherein the initial EEG data set includes a first sub-data set and a second sub-data set, the first sub-data set is a data set built on the basis of emotional response electroencephalogram data, and the second sub-data set is a data set built on the basis of electroencephalogram emotion data; processing the first sub-data set and the second sub-data set by using a transfer learning algorithm to obtain a third sub-data set and a fourth sub-data set; and based on the third sub-data set and the fourth sub-data set, determining a quality evaluation grade of video data with degraded quality.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignees: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, CHINA MOBILE ONLINE SERVICES COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xiaoming Tao, Dingcheng Gao, Bingrui Geng, Yiping Duan, Chaoyi Han, Qiwei Song, Qing Chen
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Publication number: 20220220299Abstract: This disclosure provides a biodegradable antimicrobial material based on polylactic acid oligomer represented by formula 1 as an active ingredient. The disclosure also provides a process for preparing the polylactic acid oligomer and an antimicrobial product prepared therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityInventors: Xiaoming Tao, Ziheng Zhang, Linlin Ma
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Publication number: 20220095988Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining a quality grade of video data, and relates to the field of data processing technologies, wherein the method includes: acquiring a plurality of initial EEG data; based on the plurality of initial EEG data, determining an initial EEG data set, wherein the initial EEG data set includes a first sub-data set and a second sub-data set, the first sub-data set is a data set built on the basis of emotional response electroencephalogram data, and the second sub-data set is a data set built on the basis of electroencephalogram emotion data; processing the first sub-data set and the second sub-data set by using a transfer learning algorithm to obtain a third sub-data set and a fourth sub-data set; and based on the third sub-data set and the fourth sub-data set, determining a quality evaluation grade of video data with degraded quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicants: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, CHINA MOBILE ONLINE SERVICES COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xiaoming TAO, Dingcheng GAO, Bingrui GENG, Yiping DUAN, Chaoyi HAN, Qiwei SONG, Qing CHEN
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Publication number: 20220083780Abstract: A semantic representation method and system based on an aerial surveillance video, and an electronic device are provided. The semantic representation method includes: taking a pedestrian and a vehicle in the aerial surveillance video as a target for tracking; inputting a coordinate track of the target into a first semantic classifier to output a first semantic result of the target; performing semantic merging on the first semantic result, and inputting an obtained semantic merging result into a second semantic classifier to output a second semantic result of the target; and performing cluster analysis on the first semantic result to obtain a target group of the target, and according to the target group of the target, the obtained scene analysis result and the second semantic result, determining semantics of the aerial surveillance video.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Xiaoming TAO, Yiping DUAN, Ziqi ZHAO, Danlan HUANG, Ning GE
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Publication number: 20220054322Abstract: Disclosed is a pair of medical compression stocking, each comprising a body, an auxiliary pressure part and a present sensing part. The body is formed by means of knitting knitted yarns and inlay yarns. The auxiliary pressure part is integrated with the body, is located at an ankle of a lower limb of each medical compression stocking, and can be in contact with an ankle of a wearer. The pressure sensing part comprises a conducting part and a signal receiving part, wherein the conducting part is integrated with the body and is used for sensing pressure at a corresponding part of the medical compression stocking; and the signal receiving part can receive a signal from the conducting part, and same determines the value of the pressure from the corresponding part according to the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel LimitedInventors: Xiaoming Tao, Ying Xiong, Jinyun Zhou, Shirui Liu, Chad Cheuk-Wa Tse, Xiuyuan Hu
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Patent number: 11256922Abstract: A semantic representation method and system based on an aerial surveillance video, and an electronic device are provided. The semantic representation method includes: taking a pedestrian and a vehicle in the aerial surveillance video as a target for tracking; inputting a coordinate track of the target into a first semantic classifier to output a first semantic result of the target; performing semantic merging on the first semantic result, and inputting an obtained semantic merging result into a second semantic classifier to output a second semantic result of the target; and performing cluster analysis on the first semantic result to obtain a target group of the target, and according to the target group of the target, the obtained scene analysis result and the second semantic result, determining semantics of the aerial surveillance video.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Xiaoming Tao, Yiping Duan, Ziqi Zhao, Danlan Huang, Ning Ge
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Patent number: 11153566Abstract: A variable bit rate generative compression method based on adversarial learning is provided. According to the method, a variance of a feature map of an encoding-decoding fill convolutional network is quantized to train a single generative model to perform variable bit rate compression. The method includes the following implementation steps of: constructing training and testing data sets through an image acquisition device; constructing a generative compression network based on an auto-encoder structure; according to a rate-distortion error calculation unit, alternately training a generative network; according to a target compression rate, calculating a mask threshold; based on a feature map channel redundancy index, calculating a mask; and performing lossless compression and decoding on the mask and the feature map. According to the invention, only a single model is trained, but compression results with different bit rates can be generated, and on a limit compression rate below 0.1 bpp.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Xiaoming Tao, Yiping Duan, Chaoyi Han, Jianhua Lu
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Patent number: 11028504Abstract: A multi-level-architecture multi-fiber composite yarn includes a composite yarn having a first anisotropic expansion coefficient in an axial and/or radial direction, and a matrix material included with the yarn, wherein the matrix material has a second anisotropic expansion coefficient that is different from the first anisotropic expansion coefficient in at least one of the axial or radial directions. A method of fabricating a multi-level-architecture multi-fiber composite yarn includes infiltrating a composite yarn having a first anisotropic expansion coefficient in an axial and/or radial directions with a matrix material having a second anisotropic expansion coefficient different from the first anisotropic expansion coefficient in the axial or radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityInventors: Xiaoming Tao, Ziheng Zhang
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Publication number: 20210084897Abstract: Provided is a bio-based material having an antibacterial effect, comprising a polymer represented by a formula (1) or a mixture of the polymer represented by the formula (1) and polyethylene glycol as an antibacterial active ingredient. The use of the bio-based material is also mentioned. The antibacterial bio-based material has excellent, stable and long-lasting antibacterial activity, and has remarkable antibacterial effects against various bacteria and fungi. The antibacterial bio-based material also has excellent biodegradability and biocompatibility, is derived from bio-based products produced by microbial fermentation, has high safety and is suitable for industrial production and large-scale use.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: THE HONG KONG RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXTILES AND APPAREL LIMITEDInventors: Xiaoming TAO, Xingxing YANG, Ziheng ZHANG, Jun LI, Shirui LIU, Linlin MA, Bin FEI, Hang Mei LEUNG
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Patent number: 10851479Abstract: An apparatus for imparting false twist to a staple yarn comprising a yarn guide for guiding a staple yarn along a path and a false twist device comprising a convex surface for engagement with a staple yarn so as to impart a force to the staple yarn when the staple yarn engages with and traverses the convex surface of the false twist device, and wherein the relative positioning between the yarn guide and the convex surface of the false twist device is adjustable such that, when a staple yarn is engaged with the convex surface of the false twist device and extends between the yarn guide and the false twist device, the amount of contact between the staple yarn and the convex surface of the false twist device can be controlled.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITYInventors: Xiaoming Tao, Rong Yin
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Patent number: 10702421Abstract: A medical pressure sock with an antibacterial fabric packing and an adhesive structure is provided. The antibacterial fabric packing is arranged on the inner surface. The adhesive structure is arranged at a position the pressure of which needs to be improved relative to the medial ankle of the lower limb; an adhesive surface connected with the adhesive structure is arranged on one side of the antibacterial fabric packing; the antibacterial fabric packing cross section includes a cross section front side, a cross section intermediate connection layer and a cross section rear side; the cross section intermediate connection layer has a special shape capable of being inserted into the cross section front side and the cross section rear side. The provided medical pressure sock solves the imbalance pressure and the not long-lasting antibacterial time problems of the traditional pressure socks, thus speeding up the recovery process of patients with varicose veins.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel LimitedInventors: Xiaoming Tao, Qiao Li, Yuheng Zhang, Sui Yee Lui, Cheuk-Wa Chad Tse
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Patent number: 10577726Abstract: A biodegradable antibacterial knitted fabric, a cross section of the knitted fabric includes a front side of cross section made of wool short fiber yarns, an intermediate connection layer of cross section capable of transferring moisture and a rear side of cross section made of antibacterial filaments; the intermediate connection layer of cross section is made of filament yarns having a special shape capable of being inserted into the front side of cross section and the rear side of cross section so that the front side of cross section is connected with the rear side of cross section. The biodegradable antibacterial knitted fabric proposed by the present application has a long time significant antibacterial effect by adopting a cross section structure with three layers and antibacterial material, and does not contain any antimicrobials and metal ions, and has the advantages of low cost, easy manufacturing and long lasting antibacterial effect.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel LimitedInventors: Xiaoming Tao, Shirui Liu, Lijuan Liang, Xinxin Huang
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Patent number: 10561484Abstract: The present application relates to a hernia mesh and its preparation method. A preparation method of hernia mesh comprises selecting and adding a first material particle into a filler tube attached to a 3D printer, and making an external pressure pipe connected; heating the filler tube to a first temperature, and maintaining for a first preset time to remove moisture contained in the first material particle; continuously heating the filler tube to a second temperature, and maintaining for a second preset time to completely melt the first material particle; continuously heating filler tube to a third temperature, and using a designed hernia mesh 3D print file to prepare the hernia mesh by the 3D printer. The hernia mesh prepared has controllable pore size, biocompatibility, tensile strength, and elasticity; the preparation process is convenient and quick, reducing the cost; the patient's foreign body sensation and discomfort can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel LimitedInventors: Xiaoming Tao, Wei Zeng, Yu Yuan
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Publication number: 20190316277Abstract: A multi-level-architecture multi-fiber composite yarn includes a composite yarn having a first anisotropic expansion coefficient in an axial and/or radial direction, and a matrix material included with the yarn, wherein the matric material has a second anisotropic expansion coefficient that is different from the first anisotropic expansion coefficient in at least one of the axial or radial directions. A method of fabricating a multi-level-architecture multi-fiber composite yarn includes infiltrating a composite yarn having a first anisotropic expansion coefficient in an axial and/or radial directions with a matrix material having a second anisotropic expansion coefficient different from the first anisotropic expansion coefficient in the axial or radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Xiaoming Tao, Ziheng Zhang
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Patent number: 10288499Abstract: A process for manufacturing a fabric pressure sensor comprises cutting a sensing fabric to a pre-determined size, connecting a flexible electric wire with a wire of the sensing fabric by sewing, fixing the sensing fabric by means of a clamping positioner at a pre-determined tension, bonding a lower conversion layer with the sensing fabric by means of a lower conversion layer positioning box, bonding an adjustable column with the sensing fabric by means of an upper conversion layer positioning box, and bonding the upper conversion layer with the adjustable column by means of the upper conversion layer positioning box. A tool for manufacturing the sensor comprises an electrical property measuring device, a wire connecting tool, and a sensor structural component assembling tool. The present invention provides an easy and convenient way of manufacturing a fabric pressure sensor, monitoring the quality of manufacture, and enhancing the manufacturing precision and product yield.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: THE HONG KONG RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXTILES AND APPAREL LIMITEDInventors: Xiaoming Tao, Tao Hua, Yangyong Wang, Qiao Li, Yee Kwan Chow
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Publication number: 20190127893Abstract: An apparatus for imparting false twist to a staple yarn comprising a yarn guide for guiding a staple yarn along a path and a false twist device comprising a convex surface for engagement with a staple yarn so as to impart a force to the staple yarn when the staple yarn engages with and traverses the convex surface of the false twist device, and wherein the relative positioning between the yarn guide and the convex surface of the false twist device is adjustable such that, when a staple yarn is engaged with the convex surface of the false twist device and extends between the yarn guide and the false twist device, the amount of contact between the staple yarn and the convex surface of the false twist device can be controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityInventors: Xiaoming TAO, Rong YIN
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Publication number: 20180049858Abstract: The present application relates to a hernia mesh and its preparation method. A preparation method of hernia mesh comprises selecting and adding a first material particle into a filler tube attached to a 3D printer, and making an external pressure pipe connected; heating the filler tube to a first temperature, and maintaining for a first preset time to remove moisture contained in the first material particle; continuously heating the filler tube to a second temperature, and maintaining for a second preset time to completely melt the first material particle; continuously heating filler tube to a third temperature, and using a designed hernia mesh 3D print file to prepare the hernia mesh by the 3D printer. The hernia mesh prepared has controllable pore size, biocompatibility, tensile strength, and elasticity; the preparation process is convenient and quick, reducing the cost; the patient's foreign body sensation and discomfort can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Xiaoming Tao, Wei Zeng, Yu Yuan
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Publication number: 20180014978Abstract: A medical pressure sock with an antibacterial fabric packing and an adhesive structure is provided. The antibacterial fabric packing is arranged on the inner surface. The adhesive structure is arranged at a position the pressure of which needs to be improved relative to the medial ankle of the lower limb; an adhesive surface connected with the adhesive structure is arranged on one side of the antibacterial fabric packing; the antibacterial fabric packing cross section includes a cross section front side, a cross section intermediate connection layer and a cross section rear side; the cross section intermediate connection layer has a special shape capable of being inserted into the cross section front side and the cross section rear side. The provided medical pressure sock solves the imbalance pressure and the not long-lasting antibacterial time problems of the traditional pressure socks, thus speeding up the recovery process of patients with varicose veins.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Xiaoming Tao, Qiao Li, Yuheng Zhang, Sui Yee Lui, Cheuk-Wa Chad Tse