Patents by Inventor Xu Chu

Xu Chu 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: 11246208
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining a feedback or a reference value of a tube voltage applied to a radiation source of a radiation device for generating radiation rays. The method may also include determining, based on the feedback or the reference value of the tube voltage, a specific value of a focusing parameter associated with a focusing device of the radiation device. The method may further include causing the focusing device to shape a focus of the radiation rays according to the determined value of the focusing parameter. The focus of the radiation rays may satisfy an operational constraint under the specific value of the focusing parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoping Zhu, Jinglin Wu, Tieshan Zhang, Siming Chen, Xu Chu
  • Patent number: 11234323
    Abstract: Systems and methods for medical imaging. The method may include acquiring a tube voltage switching waveform for a radiation source of a medical device. The method may include determining a tube current switching period based on the tube voltage switching waveform. The method may include determining a sampling period correlated with the tube current switching period. The method may include acquiring projection data according to the sampling period. The method may further include reconstructing an image based on the acquired projection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoping Zhu, Patrick Joseph Kling, Jiawen Zhou, Tieshan Zhang, Jinglin Wu, Xu Chu
  • Publication number: 20220011360
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an arcing detection device. The arcing detection device may include a detection coil and a processing circuit operably connected to the detection coil. The detection coil may be configured to detect a current variation of a system. The processing circuit may be configured to determine information of an arcing event of the system based on the current variation of the system. The information of the arcing event of the system may include a position where the arcing event occurs in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Siming CHEN, Guoping ZHU, Jinglin WU, Biao LUO, Xu CHU
  • Publication number: 20210410259
    Abstract: A high voltage generator is provided. The high voltage generator includes an inverter circuit coupled to receive a direct-current (DC) input voltage, a resonant circuit coupled to the inverter circuit, a transformer coupled to the resonant circuit and also coupled to provide a high voltage output to a high voltage device, and a phase control circuit coupled to receive a voltage across and a current through the resonant circuit and also coupled to the inverter circuit. The phase control circuit generates control signals to drive the inverter circuit. The control signals drive the inverter circuit to keep the resonant circuit operating in an inductive region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicants: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guoping ZHU, Xu CHU
  • Publication number: 20210373097
    Abstract: Gradient power amplifier (GPA) systems and methods are provided. A GPA system may include a plurality of paralleled GPAs; and at least one controller operably coupled to the plurality of paralleled GPAs. The at least one controller may be configured to perform operations including: obtaining a total current parameter of the plurality of paralleled GPAs; determining, based on the total current parameter and a target current parameter, a first difference value; and determining, based on the first difference value, a first control parameter of a first GPA of the plurality of paralleled GPAs, wherein the first control parameter is configured to control an output current of the first GPA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingyu XUE, Haicong ZHANG, Bin CAO, Xu CHU, Peng CHEN
  • Patent number: 11170020
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for facilitating data transformations, according to embodiments of the present invention. In one embodiment, a plurality of remote sources is searched to identify candidate transformation tools relevant for performing data transformations. The candidate transformation tools are analyzed to identify tool examples corresponding with each of the candidate transformation tools. For each of the candidate transformation tools, the tool examples are stored in association with the corresponding candidate transformation tool. Based on a comparison of tool examples with example values, a transformation tool is identified as relevant to facilitate transforming example input values to the desired form in which to transform data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Yeye He, Kris Ganjam, Vivek Ravindranath Narasayya, Surajit Chaudhuri, Xu Chu
  • Patent number: 11165453
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency power amplifier (RFPA) control device. The RFPA control device may include an input signal processing module configured to process an input signal into two signals. A first signal may be used for signal detection, and a second signal may be used for signal amplification. The RFPA control device may also include a delay module. The delay module may be disposed between the input signal processing module and an adjustment module. The delay module may be configured to determine a delay of the second signal such that the second signal and the control signal roughly simultaneously reach the adjustment module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Cao, Xu Chu, Jifeng Chen, Peng Zhang, Yinqi Wang
  • Patent number: 11163788
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for facilitating data transformations, according to embodiments of the present invention. In one embodiment, a set of example values is received. An index to identify a plurality of data transformation tools that are relevant to the set of example values is referenced, wherein each of the data transformation tools correspond with one or more tool examples. The data transformation tools are ranked based on an extent of similarity between the set of example values and the tool examples. For data transformation tools associated with the extent of similarity that exceeds a similarity threshold, a transformation program is generated that uses the data transformation tool and a supplemental transformation tool to transform the one or more example input values to the desired form in which to transform data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Yeye He, Kris Ganjam, Vivek Ravindranath Narasayya, Surajit Chaudhuri, Xu Chu
  • Patent number: 11163485
    Abstract: In an approach to intelligently choosing transport channels across protocols by drive type, one or more transport channels on a host are detected. One or more storage drive tiers on a target are detected. The one or more transport channels are mapped to the one or more storage drive tiers, based on performance. A transfer of a data between a host and the target is completed, using each transport channel and each storage drive tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jing Lan Chen, Ning Ding, Yao Dong Zhang, Xu Chu Jiang, Zhi Zhi Huang, Wei Feng Yang
  • Publication number: 20210286717
    Abstract: The example embodiments disclose a system and method, a computer program product, and a computer system for improving solid-state drive performance. The example embodiments may include generating, by an affinity adapter located external to the solid-state drive, a plurality of affinities for each of a plurality of data to a respective plurality of subdivisions of data of a solid-state drive, wherein each of the plurality of data is associated with a logical block address (LBA) and each of the respective plurality of subdivisions has a physical block address (PBA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Zhi Zhi Huang, Yongjie Gong, Xu Chu Jiang, Yao Dong Zhang, Ning Ding, Zhen Nyu Yao, Jing Lan Chen
  • Patent number: 11116068
    Abstract: A high voltage generator is provided. The high voltage generator includes an inverter circuit coupled to receive a direct-current (DC) input voltage, a resonant circuit coupled to the inverter circuit, a transformer coupled to the resonant circuit and also coupled to provide a high voltage output to a high voltage device, and a phase control circuit coupled to receive a voltage across and a current through the resonant circuit and also coupled to the inverter circuit. The phase control circuit generates control signals to drive the inverter circuit. The control signals drive the inverter circuit to keep the resonant circuit operating in an inductive region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: SHANGHAI UNTED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guoping Zhu, Xu Chu
  • Patent number: 11058476
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for energy imaging. The method may include obtaining a reference waveform of a tube voltage of a radiation source of a scanner. The reference waveform may be formed based on a superposition of a sine wave and one or more harmonics corresponding to the sine wave. The method may include causing a high voltage generator to generate the tube voltage changing between a first voltage and a second voltage lower than the first voltage according to the reference waveform. The tube voltage may be provided to the radiation source for generating radiation rays. The method may further include causing the scanner to perform energy imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoping Zhu, Tieshan Zhang, Xu Chu, Fan Zhao, Zhihui Shu, Jinglin Wu, Bin Cao
  • Publication number: 20210058103
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency power amplifier (RFPA) control device. The RFPA control device may include an input signal processing module configured to process an input signal into two signals. A first signal may be used for signal detection, and a second signal may be used for signal amplification. The RFPA control device may also include a delay module. The delay module may be disposed between the input signal processing module and an adjustment module. The delay module may be configured to determine a delay of the second signal such that the second signal and the control signal roughly simultaneously reach the adjustment module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin CAO, Xu CHU, Jifeng CHEN, Peng ZHANG, Yinqi WANG
  • Publication number: 20210048957
    Abstract: In an approach to intelligently choosing transport channels across protocols by drive type, one or more transport channels on a host are detected. One or more storage drive tiers on a target are detected. The one or more transport channels are mapped to the one or more storage drive tiers, based on performance. A transfer of a data between a host and the target is completed, using each transport channel and each storage drive tier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jing Lan Chen, Ning Ding, Yao Dong Zhang, Xu Chu Jiang, Zhi Zhi Huang, WEI FENG YANG
  • Publication number: 20200413525
    Abstract: Systems and methods for medical imaging. The method may include acquiring a tube voltage switching waveform for a radiation source of a medical device. The method may include determining a tube current switching period based on the tube voltage switching waveform. The method may include determining a sampling period correlated with the tube current switching period. The method may include acquiring projection data according to the sampling period. The method may further include reconstructing an image based on the acquired projection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoping ZHU, Patrick Joseph KLING, Jiawen ZHOU, Tieshan ZHANG, Jinglin WU, Xu CHU
  • Publication number: 20200396817
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high voltage generator including multiple high voltage generating modules configured to provide a total voltage. Each of the multiple high voltage generating modules may be configured to receive a driving pulse and generate a voltage component of the total voltage according to the driving pulse. The multiple high voltage generating modules may be in a series connection. Time points when the multiple high voltage generating modules receive driving pulses may be different, and waveforms of the driving pulses may be the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tieshan ZHANG, Guoping ZHU, Bobin TONG, Jinglin WU, Xu CHU
  • Patent number: 10863919
    Abstract: The present application discloses a gradient power amplifier debugging method and system. The method may comprise initializing a control unit of the gradient power amplifier debugging system; retrieving a characteristic output of the control unit; computing a load inductance parameter L according to the characteristic output; and adjusting the control parameter of the control unit according to the load inductance parameter L. The control unit may comprise a close-loop control sub-unit, or a feedforward control sub-unit. The characteristic output may be representative of the difference between an output signal and an input signal of the gradient power amplifier debugging system. The control parameter may comprise a proportional coefficient, an integral coefficient, or a cutoff frequency of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingyu Xue, Bin Cao, Xu Chu
  • Publication number: 20200343069
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining a feedback or a reference value of a tube voltage applied to a radiation source of a radiation device for generating radiation rays. The method may also include determining, based on the feedback or the reference value of the tube voltage, a specific value of a focusing parameter associated with a focusing device of the radiation device. The method may further include causing the focusing device to shape a focus of the radiation rays according to the determined value of the focusing parameter. The focus of the radiation rays may satisfy an operational constraint under the specific value of the focusing parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoping ZHU, Jinglin WU, Tieshan ZHANG, Siming CHEN, Xu CHU
  • Publication number: 20200337759
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for energy imaging. The method may include obtaining a reference waveform of a tube voltage of a radiation source of a scanner. The reference waveform may be formed based on a superposition of a sine wave and one or more harmonics corresponding to the sine wave. The method may include causing a high voltage generator to generate the tube voltage changing between a first voltage and a second voltage lower than the first voltage according to the reference waveform. The tube voltage may be provided to the radiation source for generating radiation rays. The method may further include causing the scanner to perform energy imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoping ZHU, Tieshan ZHANG, Xu CHU, Fan ZHAO, Zhihui SHU, Jinglin WU, Bin CAO
  • Patent number: 10649975
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods for identifying denial constraints are provided herein. The denial constraints can be used with a database schema R. A predicate space P can be generated for an instance I in the schema R. An evidence set EviI can be generated. The evidence set EviI can include sets of satisfied predicates in the predicate space P for each instance I. A minimal set of predicates can be identified for the evidence set EviI. Valid denial constraints can be identified from the minimal set by inverting the predicates in the minimal set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation
    Inventors: Ihab Francis Ilyas Kaldas, Paolo Papotti, Xu Chu