Patents by Inventor Xiumei Liu

Xiumei 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).

  • Patent number: 11965835
    Abstract: A beam of light is directed from a light source at a wafer on a chuck. The beam of light is reflected off the wafer toward a 2D imaging camera. Movable focus lenses in the path of the beam of light can independently change the illumination conjugate and the collection conjugate. A structured mask in an illumination path can be used and the beam of light can be directed through apertures in the structured mask. A gray field image of a wafer in a zone without direct illumination is generated using the 2D imaging camera and locations of defects on the wafer can be determined using the gray field image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KLA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Xiumei Liu
  • Publication number: 20240090369
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for generating a fertilizer formula, the method is executed by a processor, comprising: obtaining a basic formula for fertilization; obtaining monitoring data based on a monitoring device; determining a soil feature of a predetermined point based on the monitoring data; determining an experiment scheme and experimental parameters based on the soil feature and an experimental design; determining a fertilization dosage and conducting an intelligent planting experiment based on the fertilization dosage and the basic formula for fertilization; obtaining experimental parameters and experimental yield data of each experimental processing, and optimized yield data of an optimized fertilization processing, and storing the experimental parameters, experimental yield data, and the optimized yield data in a storage unit; and determining a model for reduced fertilization of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium nutrients and generating the fertilizer formula
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF SOIL, FERTILIZER, RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT OF JIANGXI ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Jianhua JI, Xianjin LAN, Zhenzhen LYU, Hongqian HOU, Xiumei LIU, Yiren LIU, Zijun WANG
  • Patent number: 11865389
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a vehicle-mounted large-flow fire-fighting foam fluid mixing system, including a supply kit, a mixing kit, a control kit, and a pipeline kit. The supply kit includes an auxiliary gas supply device, a fire pump, an integrated foam pump, a fire pump main motor, and a coupling. The mixing kit includes a fire monitor interface, a foam generating device, and a fluid mixing device. The control kit includes a foam mixing proportion single-chip microcomputer control system, an alarm module, a power module, an auxiliary air compressor switch module, a frequency converter, and a central control display screen. The pipeline kit includes an air drainage tube, a fire hose, a foam liquid pipe, and a pipeline valve. For the problems of flow fluctuation and low foam foaming efficiency, the present invention optimizes the design and adopts a new control policy, thereby implementing precise mixing under the large-flow condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: China University of Mining and Technology
    Inventors: Ziyi Jiang, Wei Li, Jinsong Zhu, Fan Jiang, Ge Zhao, Xiumei Liu, Beibei Li
  • Patent number: 11787750
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide a special water-soluble fertilizer for delaying decay of a Huanglongbing (HLB)-affected tree. The raw materials of the special water-soluble fertilizer may include, in parts by weight, 3-5.5 parts of ammonium polyphosphate, 7.0-12 parts of ammonium nitrate phosphorus, 13-22 parts of potassium nitrate, 7.5-13.5 parts of ammonium sulfate, 0.8-1.5 parts of urea, 10.5-18 parts of EDTA chelated calcium, 12-21 parts of calcium magnesium nitrate, 3.5-7 parts of citric acid and 150-400 parts of straw vinegar; and a solid content of the straw vinegar may be greater than or equal to 15%. The raw materials may further include 1.3-2.5 parts of EDTA chelated manganese and 1.5-3 parts of manganese sulfate monohydrate. The raw materials may further include 0.25-0.5 part of disodium tetraborate pentahydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF SOIL FERTILIZER, RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT OF JIANGXI ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Jianhua Ji, Xiumei Liu, Zengbing Liu, Hongqian Hou, Zhenzhen Lyu, Xianjin Lan, Yiren Liu
  • Publication number: 20230303463
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide a special water-soluble fertilizer for delaying decay of a Huanglongbing (HLB)-affected tree. The raw materials of the special water-soluble fertilizer may include, in parts by weight, 3-5.5 parts of ammonium polyphosphate, 7.0-12 parts of ammonium nitrate phosphorus, 13-22 parts of potassium nitrate, 7.5-13.5 parts of ammonium sulfate, 0.8-1.5 parts of urea, 10.5-18 parts of EDTA chelated calcium, 12-21 parts of calcium magnesium nitrate, 3.5-7 parts of citric acid and 150-400 parts of straw vinegar; and a solid content of the straw vinegar may be greater than or equal to 15%. The raw materials may further include 1.3-2.5 parts of EDTA chelated manganese and 1.5-3 parts of manganese sulfate monohydrate. The raw materials may further include 0.25-0.5 part of disodium tetraborate pentahydrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF SOIL, FERTILIZER, RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT OF JIANGXI ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Jianhua JI, Xiumei LIU, Zengbing LIU, Hongqian HOU, Zhenzhen LYU, Xianjin LAN, Yiren LIU
  • Patent number: 11697970
    Abstract: A directly connected drill pipe applicable to extreme conditions includes a tool joint pin and a tool joint box, where an external pipe section is located on an external side of a threaded section of the tool joint pin, and an annular groove is formed between the external pipe section and the threaded section of the tool joint pin. An insertion section of the tool joint box can be inserted into the annular groove in a matched manner. A main shoulder of the tool joint pin is located at an end of the external pipe section, a main auxiliary shoulder of the tool joint pin is located on a bottom surface of the annular groove, and an auxiliary shoulder of the tool joint pin is located at a small end of the tool joint pin. The tool joint box has three corresponding shoulders which form a 3-stage sealing with the tool joint pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF EXPLORATION TECHNIQUES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Hao Yin, Jian Liang, Xinmiao Li, Jianhua Sun, Kuan Li, Xiumei Liu
  • Publication number: 20230204934
    Abstract: An auto-focusing system is disclosed. The system includes an illumination source. The system includes an aperture. The system includes a projection mask. The system includes a detector assembly. The system includes a relay system, the relay system being configured to optically couple illumination transmitted through the projection mask to an imaging system. The relay system also being configured to project one or more patterns from the projection mask onto a specimen and transmit an image of the projection mask from the specimen to the detector assembly. The system includes a controller including one or more processors configured to execute a set of program instructions. The program instructions being configured to cause the one or more processors to: receive one or more images of the projection mask from the detector assembly and determine quality of the one or more images of the projection mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Xiumei Liu, Kai Cao, Richard Wallingford, Matthew Giusti, Brooke Bruguier
  • Patent number: 11592653
    Abstract: An auto-focusing system is disclosed. The system includes an illumination source. The system includes an aperture. The system includes a projection mask. The system includes a detector assembly. The system includes a relay system, the relay system being configured to optically couple illumination transmitted through the projection mask to an imaging system. The relay system also being configured to project one or more patterns from the projection mask onto a specimen and transmit an image of the projection mask from the specimen to the detector assembly. The system includes a controller including one or more processors configured to execute a set of program instructions. The program instructions being configured to cause the one or more processors to: receive one or more images of the projection mask from the detector assembly and determine quality of the one or more images of the projection mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: KLA Corporation
    Inventors: Xiumei Liu, Kai Cao, Richard Wallingford, Matthew Giusti, Brooke Bruguier
  • Publication number: 20220317062
    Abstract: A beam of light is directed from a light source at a wafer on a chuck. The beam of light is reflected off the wafer toward a 2D imaging camera. Movable focus lenses in the path of the beam of light can independently change the illumination conjugate and the collection conjugate. A structured mask in an illumination path can be used and the beam of light can be directed through apertures in the structured mask. A gray field image of a wafer in a zone without direct illumination is generated using the 2D imaging camera and locations of defects on the wafer can be determined using the gray field image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Xiumei Liu
  • Publication number: 20220252512
    Abstract: An imaging system may include an imaging metrology tool with an illumination source, one or more illumination optics to direct illumination from the illumination source to a sample, a detector, one or more collection optics to image the sample onto the detector; and one or more aberration-controlling components. The one or more aberration-controlling components may provide aberration correction for imaging the sample onto the detector according to one or more degrees of freedom, where the one or more degrees of freedom include at least a defocus of the imaging system, and where the one or more aberration-controlling components are integrated with at least one of the one or more illumination optics, the one or more collection optics, or the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Xiumei Liu, Mark S. Wang
  • Patent number: 11397153
    Abstract: A beam of light is directed from a light source at a wafer on a chuck. The beam of light is reflected off the wafer toward a 2D imaging camera. Movable focus lenses in the path of the beam of light can independently change the illumination conjugate and the collection conjugate. A structured mask in an illumination path can be used and the beam of light can be directed through apertures in the structured mask. A gray field image of a wafer in a zone without direct illumination is generated using the 2D imaging camera and locations of defects on the wafer can be determined using the gray field image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KLA Corporation
    Inventor: Xiumei Liu
  • Patent number: 11356594
    Abstract: A system for automated focus tracking of a sample is disclosed. The system comprises an illumination source, a set of illumination optics in an illumination path, a set of collection optics in a collection path, a first slit device in the illumination path, a second slit device in the collection path, at least one detector configured to generate an image of the sample, and a controller configured to receive through-focus information from the image, and provide corrective motion to a stage holding the sample to maintain a position of the sample at a selected focus. A method for automated focus tracking of a sample is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: KLA Corporation
    Inventors: Brooke Bruguier, Xiumei Liu, Qiang Q. Zhang, Stephen Taylor
  • Patent number: 11330164
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining focus settings for use in a specimen scan are provided. One method includes generating a focus map defined as values of best focus as a function of position on a specimen using output generated in one or more pre-focus swaths scanned on the specimen by an output acquisition subsystem configured to direct energy to a specimen, to detect energy from the specimen, and to generate output responsive to the detected energy. The method also includes interpolating the focus map to generate focus settings for a scan performed on the specimen during a process and storing information for the generated focus settings for use in the scan performed on the specimen during the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KLA Corp.
    Inventors: Bryant Mantiply, Xiumei Liu, Matthew Giusti, Kai Cao, Richard Wallingford
  • Patent number: 11326413
    Abstract: A wire-line core drilling tool includes an outer barrel assembly and an inner barrel assembly. The inner barrel assembly is provided with an elastic clamp positioning mechanism, an in-place reporting and core blockage alarm mechanism, a single-action mechanism, a core barrel check valve mechanism, a core barrel and a core-breaking mechanism. The elastic clamp positioning mechanism adopts a multi-point hinged mode. The in-place reporting and core blockage alarm mechanism is integrally formed. The single-action mechanism adopts a cooperating structure of an upper polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bearing, a lower PDC bearing and a tungsten carbide (TC) bearing arranged in the middle. The outer barrel assembly is provided with an elastic clamp retaining head, an elastic clamp chamber, an upper reamer, an outer barrel, a lower reamer and a drill bit. A ring base is arranged, and a centralizing ring is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF EXPLORATION TECHNIQUES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xinmiao Li, Jian Liang, Kuan Li, Hao Yin, Xiumei Liu
  • Publication number: 20220106841
    Abstract: A directly connected drill pipe applicable to extreme conditions includes a tool joint pin and a tool joint box, where an external pipe section is located on an external side of a threaded section of the tool joint pin, and an annular groove is formed between the external pipe section and the threaded section of the tool joint pin. An insertion section of the tool joint box can be inserted into the annular groove in a matched manner. A main shoulder of the tool joint pin is located at an end of the external pipe section, a main auxiliary shoulder of the tool joint pin is located on a bottom surface of the annular groove, and an auxiliary shoulder of the tool joint pin is located at a small end of the tool joint pin. The tool joint box has three corresponding shoulders which form a 3-stage sealing with the tool joint pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Institute of Exploration Techniques, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
    Inventors: Hao Yin, Jian Liang, Xinmiao Li, Jianhua Sun, Kuan Li, Xiumei Liu
  • Publication number: 20220098948
    Abstract: A wire-line core drilling tool includes an outer barrel assembly and an inner barrel assembly. The inner barrel assembly is provided with an elastic clamp positioning mechanism, an in-place reporting and core blockage alarm mechanism, a single-action mechanism, a core barrel check valve mechanism, a core barrel and a core-breaking mechanism. The elastic clamp positioning mechanism adopts a multi-point hinged mode. The in-place reporting and core blockage alarm mechanism is integrally formed. The single-action mechanism adopts a cooperating structure of an upper polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bearing, a lower PDC bearing and a tungsten carbide (TC) bearing arranged in the middle. The outer barrel assembly is provided with an elastic clamp retaining head, an elastic clamp chamber, an upper reamer, an outer barrel, a lower reamer and a drill bit. A ring base is arranged, and a centralizing ring is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF EXPLORATION TECHNIQUES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xinmiao LI, Jian LIANG, Kuan LI, Hao YIN, Xiumei LIU
  • Publication number: 20210346740
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a vehicle-mounted large-flow fire-fighting foam fluid mixing system, including a supply kit, a mixing kit, a control kit, and a pipeline kit. The supply kit includes an auxiliary gas supply device, a fire pump, an integrated foam pump, a fire pump main motor, and a coupling. The mixing kit includes a fire monitor interface, a foam generating device, and a fluid mixing device. The control kit includes a foam mixing proportion single-chip microcomputer control system, an alarm module, a power module, an auxiliary air compressor switch module, a frequency converter, and a central control display screen. The pipeline kit includes an air drainage tube, a fire hose, a foam liquid pipe, and a pipeline valve. For the problems of flow fluctuation and low foam foaming efficiency, the present invention optimizes the design and adopts a new control policy, thereby implementing precise mixing under the large-flow condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: China University of Mining and Technology
    Inventors: Ziyi JIANG, Wei LI, Jinsong ZHU, Fan JIANG, Ge ZHAO, Xiumei LIU, Beibei LI
  • Publication number: 20210297600
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining focus settings for use in a specimen scan are provided. One method includes generating a focus map defined as values of best focus as a function of position on a specimen using output generated in one or more pre-focus swaths scanned on the specimen by an output acquisition subsystem configured to direct energy to a specimen, to detect energy from the specimen, and to generate output responsive to the detected energy. The method also includes interpolating the focus map to generate focus settings for a scan performed on the specimen during a process and storing information for the generated focus settings for use in the scan performed on the specimen during the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bryant Mantiply, Xiumei Liu, Matthew Giusti, Kai Cao, Richard Wallingford
  • Publication number: 20210222500
    Abstract: A directly connected drill pipe applicable to extreme conditions includes a tool joint pin and a tool joint box, where an external pipe section is located on an external side of a threaded section of the tool joint pin, and an annular groove is formed between the external pipe section and the threaded section of the tool joint pin. An insertion section of the tool joint box can be inserted into the annular groove in a matched manner. A main shoulder of the tool joint pin is located at an end of the external pipe section, a main auxiliary shoulder of the tool joint pin is located on a bottom surface of the annular groove, and an auxiliary shoulder of the tool joint pin is located at a small end of the tool joint pin. The tool joint box has three corresponding shoulders which form a 3-stage sealing with the tool joint pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Institute of Exploration Techniques, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
    Inventors: Hao Yin, Jian Liang, Xinmiao Li, Jianhua Sun, Kuan Li, Xiumei Liu
  • Publication number: 20210164916
    Abstract: A beam of light is directed from a light source at a wafer on a chuck. The beam of light is reflected off the wafer toward a 2D imaging camera. Movable focus lenses in the path of the beam of light can independently change the illumination conjugate and the collection conjugate. A structured mask in an illumination path can be used and the beam of light can be directed through apertures in the structured mask. A gray field image of a wafer in a zone without direct illumination is generated using the 2D imaging camera and locations of defects on the wafer can be determined using the gray field image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: Xiumei Liu