Patents by Inventor Yang Liu
Yang 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).
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Patent number: 11981192Abstract: An electric driveline for an electric vehicle, comprising: a battery unit, a motor unit and a motor control unit which are fixed to a vehicle chassis. A drive axle unit supporting the vehicle chassis. The motor unit placed in a cradle member, and directly coupled to the drive axle unit by means of a coupling member. The electric driveline allowing for a transmission to be eliminated from vehicles, thereby simplifying the production process of the vehicles and reducing manufacturing costs of the vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: DANA (WUXI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Chun Zhang, Yang Liu, Shailesh Dalvi, Sushil Patil, Pradip Jasud
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Patent number: 11985403Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provides a method and apparatus for preventing heat damage to a thermal imaging camera. The method includes: obtaining a thermal imaging picture of the thermal imaging camera; detecting whether the thermal imaging picture shows that a high-temperature object appears in the picture of the thermal imaging camera; confirming that the thermal imaging picture shows that a high-temperature object appears in the picture, generating a heat damage alarm signal, and closing a baffle if the baffle is not closed currently. In the present application embodiments, after detecting a heat damage alarm signal, that is, after detecting that a high-energy radiating object enters an image picture, the baffle is closed immediately, thereby avoiding the risk of the sensor being permanently burnt due to directly face to the high-energy radiating object.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HANGZHOU HIKMICRO SENSING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Zhou, Zhenhua Xiao, Yunfei Tang, Liping Wang, Jianjun Xu, Yongyou Pan, Jun Liu, Peng Zhou
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Patent number: 11980844Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for carbon dioxide capture and concentration by partitioned multistage circulation based on mass transfer-reaction regulation. In the present invention, multiple means such as multistage circulating absorption, intelligent multi-factor regulation, pre-washing and cooling, inter-stage cooling, post-stage washing, slurry cleaning, cooling water waste heat utilization, small-particle-size and high-density spraying, external strengthening field such as a thermal field/ultrasonic field/electric field, and catalysis by composite catalyst are adopted, so that the target for low cost, low energy consumption, stability and high efficiency is realized. The secondary pollutants are effectively inhibited while carbon dioxide is efficiently captured; meanwhile, high-efficiency capture, low-energy desorption, and high-purity concentration of carbon dioxide are implemented.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Xiang Gao, Chenghang Zheng, Chang Liu, Can Zhou, You Zhang, Zhongyang Zhao, Yongxin Zhang, Yang Zhang, Qinwu Li, Weiguo Weng, Weihong Wu, Qingyi Li, Xiao Zhang, Tao Wang
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Patent number: 11983929Abstract: A method of calculating a size of a Gaussian kernel in a crowd counting system. The method includes dividing a crowd density map into several areas at equal intervals; calculating an estimated value of average distance of k nearest heads with respect to a head center point coordinate of a current person; calculating a weight coefficient for an average distance of k nearest heads; calculating a size of a Gaussian kernel corresponding to the head center point coordinate of the current person; determining whether there are any head center point coordinates of which sizes of Gaussian kernels have not been calculated yet in training data. If there are head center point coordinates of which sizes of the Gaussian kernels have not been calculated in the training data, recalculating an estimated value of average distance of k nearest heads with respect to another head center point coordinate of another current person.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: CRSC COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION GROUP COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Yang Liu, Dawei Jiao, Tianjiao Yang, Hongyan Li, Tao Zhang, Ang Zhu, Jie Li
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Patent number: 11981653Abstract: The present application discloses a synthesis method of chiral nicotine from nicotinate and ?-butyrolactone, including the following steps: Step S1: performing condensation under an alkaline condition, and performing ring opening reaction with hydrochloric acid; Step S2: reacting with (+)—B-diisopinocampheyl chloroborane to produce a chiral hydroxyl group; Step S3: performing a chlorination reaction; and Step S4: performing cyclization under an alkaline condition to obtain the chiral nicotine. In the present application, nicotinate and ?-butyrolactone, both cheap and readily available, are used as raw materials, so as to reduce the production cost of (S)-nicotine. (+)—B-diisopinocampheyl chloroborane is used to reduce a carbonyl group of an intermediate to obtain a target chiral center.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: SHENZHEN ZINWI BIO-TECH CO., LTDInventors: Jun Zou, Yang Zou, Meisen Liu, Weixian Luo
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Patent number: 11981403Abstract: Disclosed is a method and device for automatic detection of vessel draft depth, which processes the image of a vessel's hull and extracts local area image blocks with vessel's water gauge scale separately to improve the pertinence of data processing and reduce the complexity of data processing; and based on a multi-task learning network model, performing data processing on local area image blocks to extract scale characters and waterline position, reducing the computational complexity of the model; finally, based on the relative positions of the scale and waterline, determining the vessel's draft depth, thus achieving automatic acquisition of the vessel's draft depth, this method greatly improves the efficiency of reading the vessel's draft depth.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Wuhan University of TechnologyInventors: Wen Liu, Jingxiang Qu, Chenjie Zhao, Yang Zhang, Yu Guo
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Patent number: 11983240Abstract: This disclosure provides for methods and system for meta few-shot class incremental learning. According to an aspect a method is provided. The method includes obtaining at least one weight attention map of a first network and updating weights of a second network using the at least one weight attention map, where the second network is a modulatory network. The method further includes generating at least one feature attention map of the second network based on the at least one weight attention map of the first network and a set of input images of at least one class. The method further includes generating at least one feature map of the first network based on the set of input images of the at least one class, and updating the at least one feature map of the first network based on the feature attention map of the second network.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhixiang Chi, Li Gu, Huan Liu, Yuanhao Yu, Yang Wang, Jin Tang
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Publication number: 20240155289Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for context aware soundscape control. In an embodiment, an audio processing method comprises: capturing, using a first set of microphones on a mobile device, a first audio signal from an audio scene; capturing, using a second set of microphones on a pair of earbuds, a second audio signal from the audio scene; capturing, using a camera on the mobile device, a video signal from a video scene; generating, with at least one processor, a processed audio signal from the first audio signal and the second audio signal, the processed audio signal generated with adaptive soundscape control based on context information; and combining, with the at least one processor, the processed audio signal and the captured video signal as multimedia output.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Zhiwei SHUANG, Yuanxing MA, Yang LIU
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Publication number: 20240154586Abstract: A semiconductor-on-insulator die can include a power amplifier configured to amplify a radio frequency input signal having a fundamental frequency. The die can further include an output matching circuit including first and second second-order harmonic rejection circuits configured to resonate at about two times the fundamental frequency and a third order harmonic rejection circuit configured to resonate at about three times the fundamental frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Yang Liu, Yong Hee Lee, Thomas Obkircher, William J. Domino
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Publication number: 20240148818Abstract: The invention relates to an ophthalmic pharmaceutical composition and its preparation methods and applications, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises of L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine suspended or dissolved in an isoosmotic solution suitable for human eyes, and has the advantages causing minimal irritation, with high stability and a good safety profile, and which can be used for relieving dry eye disease (DED) symptoms and/or improving and/or treating DED.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Zuguo Liu, Yufen Zhao, Caihong Huang, Yang Wu, Guo Tang, Yan Liu, Pengxiang Xu
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Publication number: 20240154766Abstract: A method for configuring a control resource set (CORESET) #0 is performed by a base station, and includes: configuring the CORESET #0 according to a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SSB).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventor: Yang LIU
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Publication number: 20240148301Abstract: The present invention provides a smart wearable device, which is held on an upper body of a wearer by a plurality of contact pad sets, and has a connection unit, a first sensing module, a second sensing module, and an extension unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Chien-Hsiang Chang, Yang-Cheng Lin, Wei-Chih Lien, Tseng-Ping Chiu, Pei-Yun Wu, Bo Liu
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Publication number: 20240149359Abstract: A blade change mechanism configured to attach a blade to a transmission rod of a power tool, the blade change mechanism including a support body, a blade retention structure, and a component. The blade retention structure is coupled to the support body and includes a blade retention component movable to hold the blade in a locked state in response to engagement of the blade with the blade change mechanism on insertion of the blade. The component is movable to vary the blade retention component to hold the blade in the locked state. The component is further movable to vary the blade retention component to an unlocked state in which the blade retention structure is disengaged from the blade. The blade retention structure is held in the unlocked state absent the blade being fully inserted into the blade change mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Qiang Ming, Peng Zhang, Yang Liu, Teo Scott, Patrick Sullivan, Zachary P. Scott
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Publication number: 20240148367Abstract: The systems and methods, in one embodiment, include a convolutional neural network (CNN) model trained by a modified version of the CycleGAN process. The CNN filters ultrasound images generated by a handheld ultrasound device to generate images that are perceptually similar to images generated by a cart-based ultrasound device in terms of quality. The resulting images look sharper and less noisy compared to the original inputs. The invention is a tool within the actions menu of a mobile app. When the tool is open, users can turn filtering on and off. The users will turn filtering on to reduce noise so they can reach the right scanning spot faster. After which because of body habitus, still there might be some noise that this tool can clean up. The user can then decide to have the filtering on or off during the diagnostic process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Pouya Samangouei, Murad Omar, Joseph Paul Cohen, Eric Brattain, Igor Lovchinsky, Nathan Silberman, Swami Sankaranarayanan, Yang Liu, Audrey Howell
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Publication number: 20240151857Abstract: A clock error prediction method includes: obtaining historical satellite clock error data of a preset time period which includes broadcast ephemeris clock error data and precise ephemeris clock error data; obtaining corrected precise ephemeris clock error data based on the broadcast ephemeris clock error data; obtaining a single-day clock speed of each satellite through fitting based on single-day clock error data in the corrected precise ephemeris clock error data of each satellite; obtaining a clock speed time sequence of each satellite based on the single-day clock speed of each satellite; obtaining a clock speed change rate of each satellite through fitting based on the clock speed time sequence of each satellite; and obtaining a predicted clock error of each satellite in a preset future time period based on an initial clock error value, a clock speed, and the clock speed change rate of each satellite.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Yang Xiao, Guosheng Huang, Yongfeng Guo, Guanzhong Tan, Yongxiang Liu
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Publication number: 20240152169Abstract: Solar power systems and methods utilize DC power transmission and centralized power inversion. The solar power systems include a photovoltaic (PV) bus system and a fixed bus system. The PV system utilizes a control mode handoff control method, which includes determining that a local maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control is enabled; in response to determining that the local MPPT control is enabled, starting an MPPT mode timer; performing local MPPT; determining that the MPPT mode timer is greater than a predetermined period; and, in response to determining that the MPPT mode timer is greater than a predetermined period, handing off MPPT control to the next MPPT controller. The distributed MPPT control method may include sequential MPPT control, adaptive ?V MPPT control, and/or power limiting control. The fixed bus system includes PV string-level MPPT controllers and a fixed DC input central inverter or multiple fixed DC modular inverters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Yang LIU, Alexander W. AU, Fei GU
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Publication number: 20240148959Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for accessing a subdural space. In some embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a shaft configured to be slidably disposed within a lumen of a catheter. The shaft may be configured to be advanced distally from a distal end of the catheter and into a blood vessel of a subject. The shaft may include a perforating tip including an energy element configured to generate radiofrequency energy to form an opening through a wall of the blood vessel and dura of the subject and into an extravascular space of the subject. A curved section may be configured to be radially constrained within the lumen of the catheter and to curve toward the wall of the blood vessel and the dura upon exiting the lumen of the catheter such that the energy element is positioned to form the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and ResearchInventors: Luis E. SAVASTANO, Yang LIU
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Publication number: 20240155130Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for video processing are described. The video processing may include video encoding, video decoding or video transcoding. One example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a block of a video and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The conversion is based on an adaptive motion vector difference resolution (AMVR) tool, and the rule specifies that selection of a context for a first bin within a bin string of a first syntax element that specifies the resolution of the motion vector difference associated with an AMVR shift is derived based on usage of a coding mode for the block.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Yang Wang, Li Zhang, Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu
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Publication number: 20240154012Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first and a second nitride-based semiconductor layers and a gate structure. The gate structure includes an outer spacer, an inner spacer and a gate electrode. The outer spacer has at least two opposite inner sidewalls to define a gate trench. The inner spacer is within the gate trench. The gate electrode disposed in the gate trench and covered by the inner spacer, wherein the inner spacer and the gate electrode extend downward to collaboratively form a bottom portion of the gate structure with a first width greater than a second width of a bottom surface of the gate electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Yang LIU, Liang CHEN, Xiao ZHANG, Haoning ZHENG, King Yuen WONG
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Publication number: 20240154899Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium for computing power routing, wherein the method includes: receiving a packet which comprises an IP message; inserting network information of a first switching device in the IP message and re-encapsulating it to obtain an encapsulated packet; a second switching device collecting network information in the encapsulated packet and sending the network information to a controller; subscribing to computing power resource information and sending the information to the controller; constructing a global network topology diagram which includes multiple nodes; planning a general routing table for each node with the network information; planning a computing power routing table for each node with the network information and the computing power resource information; matching a destination routing path for the packet with a request type, wherein the path is determined according to the general routing table or the computing power.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventor: Yang Liu