Patents by Inventor Ying Mao

Ying Mao 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: 20210298850
    Abstract: Certain aspects relate to admittance control modes for a robotic surgery system. The admittance control modes can be based on detecting and/or measuring forces (rotational and/or nonrotational) on a robotic arm and moving the robotic arm in response to such interactions. The forces can include direct manual interaction with the robotic arm by a clinician. The movement of the robotic arm can be within a nullspace that maintains the positions of a medical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yanan Huang, Ying Mao, Nicholas J. Eyre, Pouya Sabetian, Mark A. Lown, Jason Tomas Wilson
  • Publication number: 20210290320
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic adjustments based on load inputs for robotic systems are provided. In one aspect, a robotic system includes a first robotic arm having at least one joint, a set of one or more processors, and at least one computer-readable memory in communication with the set of one or more processors and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions. The computer executable instructions cause the one or more processors to determine a first external load threshold for the at least one joint based on a maximum safe load capability of the first robotic arm, and adjust the first external load threshold during a medical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ying Mao, Nicholas J. Eyre, Mason Myles Markee, Alexander Tarek Hassan
  • Patent number: 11023286
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for migrating a service from one container to another container is provided. The present invention may include obtaining a first group of requests that are accessing a service launched in a first container instance and a second group of requests that are waiting for accessing the service. The present invention may also include generating a migrated service in a second container instance by migrating the service from the first container instance to the second container instance based on the obtained first and second groups of requests. The present invention may further include directing the second group of requests to the migrated service in the second container instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xin Peng Liu, Ying Mao, Kun Yang, Jing You, Wu Mi Zhong
  • Publication number: 20210145529
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collision detection and avoidance are provided. In one aspect, a robotic medical system including a first set of links, a second set of links, a console configured to receive input commanding motion of the first set of links and the second set of links, a processor, and at least one computer-readable memory in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to access the model of the first set of links and the second set of links, control movement of the first set of links and the second set of links based on the input received by the console, determine a distance between the first set of links and the second set of links based on the model, and prevent a collision between the first set of links and the second set of links based on the determined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Yanan Huang, Benjamin Robert Fredrickson, Ryan J. Murphy, Ying Mao
  • Publication number: 20210093397
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collision detection and avoidance are provided. In one aspect, a robotic medical system including a first set of links, a second set of links, a console configured to receive input commanding motion of the first set of links and the second set of links, a processor, and at least one computer-readable memory in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to access the model of the first set of links and the second set of links, control movement of the first set of links and the second set of links based on the input received by the console, determine a distance between the first set of links and the second set of links based on the model, and prevent a collision between the first set of links and the second set of links based on the determined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yanan Huang, Benjamin Robert Fredrickson, Ryan J. Murphy, Ying Mao
  • Patent number: 10959792
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collision detection and avoidance are provided. In one aspect, a robotic medical system including a first set of links, a second set of links, a console configured to receive input commanding motion of the first set of links and the second set of links, a processor, and at least one computer-readable memory in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to access the model of the first set of links and the second set of links, control movement of the first set of links and the second set of links based on the input received by the console, determine a distance between the first set of links and the second set of links based on the model, and prevent a collision between the first set of links and the second set of links based on the determined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanan Huang, Benjamin Robert Fredrickson, Ryan J. Murphy, Ying Mao
  • Patent number: 10933526
    Abstract: An approach relates to manipulation of tools or instruments in the performance of a task by a robot. In accordance with this approach, sensor data is acquired and processed to identify a subset of instruments initially susceptible to manipulation. The instruments are then manipulated in the performance of the task based on the processed sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Huan Tan, Weston Blaine Griffin, Lynn Ann DeRose, Yi Xu, Ying Mao, Balajee Kannan
  • Publication number: 20200405419
    Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for alignment and docking of robotic arm of a robotic system for surgery. In one aspect, the system includes a robotic arm, a drive mechanism attached to the robotic arm, and a cannula. The system may further include a first sensor coupled to either the robotic arm or the drive mechanism configured to direct automatic movement of the robotic arm towards the cannula, and a second sensor, that is different than the first sensor, coupled to either the robotic arm or the drive mechanism configured to direct manual movement of the robotic arm towards the cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Ying Mao, Yanan Huang, Aren Calder Hill, Nicholas J. Eyre, Eloi Le Roux, Mitchell Arthur Phillips, Benjamin Robert Fredrickson
  • Patent number: 10759051
    Abstract: The present approach relates to integrated planning of robot navigation and manipulator motion in performing tasks. In particular, as discussed herein sensor information, such as visual information, may be used for the robot to locate a target object when it arrives at a working location. Adjustments may be made based on this information that may include moving the robot and planning a manipulator arm motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Huan Tan, Weston Blaine Griffin, Lynn Ann DeRose, Yi Xu, Ying Mao, Balajee Kannan
  • Publication number: 20200264433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to augmented reality, and in particular, relates to an augmented reality display device. The display device includes: a device body, configured for a user to wear the display device; a transparent lens portion, configured for the user to see a real environment picture when wearing, at least a portion of a region of the transparent lens portion being a display region; a wireless transmission module, configured to receive virtual image information from the smart mobile terminal; and a processor, configured to process the virtual image information and display a corresponding virtual image picture, such that the virtual image picture is superimposed on a real environment picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Zhangyi Zhong, Ying Mao
  • Publication number: 20200264939
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for migrating a service from one container to another container is provided. The present invention may include obtaining a first group of requests that are accessing a service launched in a first container instance and a second group of requests that are waiting for accessing the service. The present invention may also include generating a migrated service in a second container instance by migrating the service from the first container instance to the second container instance based on the obtained first and second groups of requests. The present invention may further include directing the second group of requests to the migrated service in the second container instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Xin Peng Liu, Ying Mao, Kun Yang, Jing You, Wu Mi Zhong
  • Patent number: 10738272
    Abstract: A heating assembly for a bioreactor is disclosed. The heating assembly includes a holder having a plurality of segments coupled to each other to define a unitary structure and a heating component coupled to at least one segment of the plurality of segments. The unitary structure includes a top end, a bottom end, and a side wall. The side wall extends between the top end and the bottom end and along a circumferential direction of the heating assembly to define a cavity. At least a portion of the unitary structure has a gradually varied perimeter along a direction perpendicular to a plane which intersects the side wall and is parallel to the top end and the bottom end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ying Mao, Weston Blaine Griffin, Younkoo Jeong
  • Patent number: 10691504
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for migrating a service from one container to another container is provided. The present invention may include obtaining a first group of requests that are accessing a service launched in a first container instance and a second group of requests that are waiting for accessing the service. The present invention may also include generating a migrated service in a second container instance by migrating the service from the first container instance to the second container instance based on the obtained first and second groups of requests. The present invention may further include directing the second group of requests to the migrated service in the second container instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Peng Liu, Ying Mao, Kun Yang, Jing You, Wu Mi Zhong
  • Patent number: 10646180
    Abstract: An imaging assembly includes a compression system configured to receive and compress an object to be imaged. The compression system includes a first compression paddle and a second compression paddle. The imaging assembly further includes an ultrasound system including a first ultrasound probe coupled to the first compression paddle. The first ultrasound probe is configured to acquire a first portion of the ultrasound image information of the object. The ultrasound system also includes a second ultrasound probe coupled to the second compression paddle. The second ultrasound probe is configured to acquire a second portion of the ultrasound image information of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Ying Mao, Paul Langford Carson, Oliver Daniel Kripfgans, Jeffrey Brian Fowlkes
  • Patent number: 10599636
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and a computer system, to store information related to changed data in response to a transaction with a first database of the on-line system requested during a planned period and data in the first database changed by the transaction. In response to a planned event a back-up system with a second database is switched to set up a new connection and a new transaction with the second database, wherein the second database is backup of the first database. The on-line system prevents setting up a new connection to the on-line system and prevents conducting a new transaction with the first database, sends information related to the changed data from the on-line system to the back-up system, and switches to the back-up system for a new connection and for a new transaction. The on-line system synchronizes data between the first database and the second database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: E Feng Lu, Yu Fang, Ying Mao, Ning LL Liu, Lu Yu
  • Patent number: 10558648
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and a computer system, to store information related to changed data in response to a transaction with a first database of the on-line system requested during a planned period and data in the first database changed by the transaction. In response to a planned event a back-up system with a second database is switched to set up a new connection and a new transaction with the second database, wherein the second database is backup of the first database. The on-line system prevents setting up a new connection to the on-line system and prevents conducting a new transaction with the first database, sends information related to the changed data from the on-line system to the back-up system, and switches to the back-up system for a new connection and for a new transaction. The on-line system synchronizes data between the first database and the second database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: E Feng Lu, Yu Fang, Ying Mao, Ning LL Liu, Lu Yu
  • Publication number: 20190321977
    Abstract: The present approach relates to integrated planning of robot navigation and manipulator motion in performing tasks. In particular, as discussed herein sensor information, such as visual information, may be used for the robot to locate a target object when it arrives at a working location. Adjustments may be made based on this information that may include moving the robot and planning a manipulator arm motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Huan Tan, Weston Blaine Griffin, Lynn Ann DeRose, Yi Xu, Ying Mao, Balajee Kannan
  • Publication number: 20190321969
    Abstract: The disclosed approach relates to manipulation of tools or instruments in the performance of a task by a robot. In accordance with this approach, sensor data is acquired and processed to identify a subset of instruments initially susceptible to manipulation. The instruments are then manipulated in the performance of the task based on the processed sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Huan Tan, Weston Blaine Griffin, Lynn Ann DeRose, Yi Xu, Ying Mao, Balajee Kannan
  • Patent number: 10393107
    Abstract: A pumping control unit is disclosed herein. The pumping control unit includes a processor coupled to a memory and a communication interface. The memory is configured to store an invariant matrix. The communication interface is configured to receive a plurality of measurements of a time-varying parameter for a rod pumping unit. The plurality of measurements is taken at a surface of a pumping site over a pump cycle for a sucker rod string. The processor is configured to gain access to the invariant matrix in the memory and the plurality of measurements from the communication interface. The processor is further configured to compute a Fourier coefficient array based on the invariant matrix and the plurality of measurements. The processor is further configured to compute a time-varying downhole parameter based on the Fourier coefficient array and a sucker rod string model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Younkoo Jeong, Ying Mao, Zengshi Chen, Shyam Sivaramakrishnan
  • Patent number: D856329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: DREAMWORLD USA INC.
    Inventors: Yibo Wang, Xiqun Lin, Yong Zhang, Weiyi Xiang, Xi Wu, Ping Li, Ty Clark, Ying Mao, Zhangyi Zhong