Patents by Inventor YUCHAO ZHANG

YUCHAO ZHANG 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: 20240136449
    Abstract: A solar cell includes a semiconductor material having a dielectric layer over a light-receiving surface of the semiconductor material, a plurality of printed fire-through contacts passing substantially through the dielectric layer, each contact extending longitudinally in a first dimension, and a conductive finger extending longitudinally in a second dimension substantially perpendicular to the first dimension and electrically connecting the plurality of contacts to first and second busbars at opposite ends of the conductive finger. The conductive finger has at least one first portion overlaying and electrically connecting to the plurality of contacts, wherein each of the plurality of contacts extends beyond the first portion of the conductive finger at one or both sides of the first portion of the conductive finger in the first dimension, and wherein the first portion of the conductive finger overlays the dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Brett Jason HALLAM, Catherine Emily CHAN, Daniel CHEN, Yuchao ZHANG, Brendan WRIGHT
  • Publication number: 20240125010
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a twisting machine for automatic donning, including an outer yarn branch rail arranged at the middle position of the twisting machine, wherein the outer yarn branch rail is positioned above the twisting machine, so as to successively drive the outer yarn carrier assembly to deliver the outer yarn winding package by suspending; further including an inner yarn branch rail arranged at the both sides of the twisting machine, the inner yarn branch rail is positioned above the twisting machine, so as to successively drive the inner yarn carrier assembly to deliver the inner yarn winding package by suspending. The forementioned structure enables the outer yarn winding package and the inner yarn winding package to be delivered high-efficiently in large scale by suspending and conveying, so as to largely reduce the labor intensity of operators and greatly improve production efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jian NIE, Pihua ZHANG, Ming ZHANG, Yanwei ZHANG, Lei WU, Yuchao YAN, Yongming LI, Longfei ZHANG, Qingqing LV, Huanian YANG
  • Publication number: 20240125011
    Abstract: A lifting system for inner yarn rails relates to the technical field of twisting and weaving equipment in factories, the system comprises an in-air conveying rail, and a carrier unit, wherein the in-air conveying rail is configured to convey the carrier unit, and the carrier unit is configured to carry a winding package; an inner yarn-carrier-lifting section is arranged on the in-air conveying rail, the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section is positioned on both sides of a twisting machine; when the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section rises, it communicates with the in-air conveying rail; when the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section descends, it approaches the position of a spindle bucket of the twisting machine. The winding packages delivered each time by one carrier unit can correspond to every spindle position of the twisting machine, dramatically improving the delivery efficiency of the winding packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jian NIE, Pihua ZHANG, Ming ZHANG, Yanwei ZHANG, Lei WU, Yuchao YAN, Yongming LI, Longfei ZHANG, Qingqing LV, Huanian YANG
  • Publication number: 20240124227
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a whole-process automatic loading-and-unloading and logistics system, including an outer yarn preparation area, an inner yarn preparation area, a weaving area and an in-air conveying rail; the outer yarn preparation area is configured to have a carrier assembly, which delivers an outer yarn winding package to an outer yarn branch rail of a twisting machine in a twisting area via the out yarn main rail of the in-air conveying rail; in the inner yarn preparation area, the carrier assembly delivers an inner yarn winding package to an inner yarn branch rail of the twisting machine in the twisting area via the inner yarn main rail of the in-air conveying rail; in the twisting area, the carrier assembly delivers a yarn product to a yarn product donning rail in the weaving area via the yarn product main rail of the in-air conveying rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jian NIE, Pihua ZHANG, Ming ZHANG, Yanwei ZHANG, Lei WU, Yuchao YAN, Yongming LI, Longfei ZHANG, Qingqing LV, Huanian YANG
  • Patent number: 11926787
    Abstract: A well cementing method is described for improving cementing quality by controlling the hydration heat of cement slurry. By controlling the degree and/or rate of hydration heat release from cement slurry, the method improves the hydration heat release during formation of cement with curing of cement slurry, improves the binding quality between the cement and the interfaces, and in turn improves the cementing quality at the open hole section and/or the overlap section. The cementing method improves cementing quality of oil and gas wells and reduces the risk of annular pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: PetroChina Company Limited, CNPC Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited
    Inventors: Shuoqiong Liu, Hua Zhang, Jianzhou Jin, Ming Xu, Yongjin Yu, Fengzhong Qi, Congfeng Qu, Hong Yue, Youcheng Zheng, Wei Li, Yong Ma, Youzhi Zheng, Zhao Huang, Jinping Yuan, Zhiwei Ding, Chongfeng Zhou, Chi Zhang, Zishuai Liu, Hongfei Ji, Yuchao Guo, Xiujian Xia, Yong Li, Jiyun Shen, Huiting Liu, Yusi Feng, Bin Lyu
  • Patent number: 11899212
    Abstract: An image display method for a head mounted display (300) is disclosed. The head mounted display (300) includes a first display screen (3011) and a second display screen (3012). In a first time period S1 of an ith display cycle T, the head mounted display (300) displays an ith frame of a first image on the first display screen (3011). After stopping displaying the ith frame of the first image, the head mounted display (300) displays an ith frame of a second image on the second display screen (3012) in a second time period S2 of T. After the second time period, no image is displayed on the first display screen (3011) and the second display screen (3012). According to the method, a peak current of a device when displaying an image can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shixian Wang, Yuchao Zhang, Hailin Yuan, Jian Chen
  • Publication number: 20230347288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst comprising a support, vanadium and antimony, a catalytic article comprising the SCR catalyst, and an exhaust treatment system for an internal combustion engine comprising the SCR catalyst. In one embodiment, the invention provides an SCR catalyst for reduction of 5 nitrogen oxides, comprising: a support, and an active material on the support; wherein the support, calculated as its oxide, is present in the SCR catalyst in an amount of 40 to 99% by weight, relative to the total weight of the SCR catalyst; the active material comprises vanadium and antimony; the vanadium, calculated as V2O5, is present in the SCR catalyst in an amount of 1 to 15% by weight, relative to the total weight of the SCR catalyst; the 10 antimony, calculated as Sb2O3, is present in the SCR catalyst in an amount of 0.5 to 20% by weight, relative to the total weight of the SCR catalyst; wherein the SCR catalyst, after hydrothermally aged at 550° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yuchao ZHANG, Renjie QIU, Jia Di ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230307559
    Abstract: A solar cell structure (10) comprises a semiconductor material having a first doped region (12) and at least one second doped region (26) of the same polarity as that of the first region (12). The solar cell structure (10) further comprises at least one dielectric layer (20) at the surface of the first region (12), and a conductive portion (18) located over the at least one second region (26) to form an electrical contact with the at least one second region (26). The at least one second region (26) traverses the conductive portion (18) at least three times such that at least three electrical contacts (32) are formed between the at least one second region (26) and the conductive portion (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Brett Jason HALLAM, Catherine Emily CHAN, Arman MAHBOUBI SOUFIANI, Yuchao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220155595
    Abstract: An image display method for a head mounted display (300) is disclosed. The head mounted display (300) includes a first display screen (3011) and a second display screen (3012). In a first time period S1 of an ith display cycle T, the head mounted display (300) displays an ith frame of a first image on the first display screen (3011). After stopping displaying the ith frame of the first image, the head mounted display (300) displays an ith frame of a second image on the second display screen (3012) in a second time period S2 of T. After the second time period, no image is displayed on the first display screen (3011) and the second display screen (3012). According to the method, a peak current of a device when displaying an image can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shixian Wang, Yuchao Zhang, Hailin Yuan, Jian Chen
  • Patent number: 10380198
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method including: receiving resource requests from clients and converting the resource requests into search requests in sequence; searching a resource list of sensor nodes of cloud according to search conditions of the search request and obtaining a resource ID of the sensor node that meets the search conditions; searching a data list of the sensor node and reading a working frequency of the sensor node in the resource list; comparing the working frequency with a desired frequency in the search conditions to determine if buffered data in the data list can meet requirements; feeding back the buffered data to the clients if the buffered data meets the requirements; and controlling the sensor nodes to collect data according to the search conditions and priorities of the sensor nodes and sending the collected data to the clients if the buffered data cannot meet the requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GRADUATE SCHOOL AT SHENZHEN, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ke Xu, Yuchao Zhang, Xin Liu, Yaxiao Liu
  • Patent number: 10291694
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling data transmission includes: obtaining an amount of data, the data requested by a requesting server, an instructed deadline, and candidate source servers storing the requested data; obtaining, based on the amount of data, a minimum bandwidth required for transmitting the requested data before the deadline as a required bandwidth corresponding to the requested data; and selecting one of the candidate source servers as a source server for transmitting the requested data, based on the required bandwidth, bandwidth resources of the candidate source servers and the requesting server, and remaining bandwidth of links between the candidate source servers and the requesting server. This implementation implements the selection of the most appropriate source server from the holistic perspective, ensures that data transmission can be completed before the deadline, and effectively utilize the link bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guang Yao, Miao Zhang, Yuchao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10230273
    Abstract: An electricity transmission sending device includes: a transmission circuit and a coil, where the transmission circuit includes a signal sending unit and a controlling unit, and the coil includes at least two mutually perpendicular subcoils. The signal sending unit is configured to receive a required power signal and an actually received power signal that are sent by the electricity transmission receiving device; and the controlling unit is configured to adjust a magnetic field direction in which wireless electricity transmission to the electricity transmission receiving device is performed and control the coil to transmit electric energy to the electricity transmission receiving device in an optimal magnetic field direction, where the optimal magnetic field direction refers to a corresponding magnetic field direction when a power value of electric energy actually received by the electricity transmission receiving device is maximum in a case of specific output power of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuchao Wang, Fan Tian, Yuchao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9882835
    Abstract: A programming method and a programming apparatus for a core routing and switching system are provided. The method includes: obtaining a number of routing nodes and a number of resource types in each routing node in the core routing and switching system; judging whether a first requirement for resources in the routing nodes is changed to a second requirement; judging whether resources in a first routing node group corresponding to the first requirement meet the second requirement if the first requirement is changed; searching for a plurality of second routing node groups with resources meeting the second requirement if the resources in the first routing node group do not meet the second requirement; calculating a plurality of migration overheads corresponding to the plurality of second routing node groups; selecting a second routing node group corresponding to a smallest migration overhead from the plurality of second routing node groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ke Xu, Yuchao Zhang, Meng Shen, Youjian Zhao
  • Publication number: 20170264675
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling data transmission includes: obtaining an amount of data, the data requested by a requesting server, an instructed deadline, and candidate source servers storing the requested data; obtaining, based on the amount of data, a minimum bandwidth required for transmitting the requested data before the deadline as a required bandwidth corresponding to the requested data; and selecting one of the candidate source servers as a source server for transmitting the requested data, based on the required bandwidth, bandwidth resources of the candidate source servers and the requesting server, and remaining bandwidth of links between the candidate source servers and the requesting server. This implementation implements the selection of the most appropriate source server from the holistic perspective, ensures that data transmission can be completed before the deadline, and effectively utilize the link bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, LTD.
    Inventors: Guang Yao, Miao Zhang, Yuchao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9730233
    Abstract: A channel allocation method based on Shapley value in wireless networks is provided. The method comprises: disclosing by a PU (primary user) some idle channels denoted by serial numbers, a utilization rate threshold, a lowest selling price, and an increment between two bidding prices; SUs (secondary users) reporting the corresponding numbers of required channels to the PU; calculating a plurality of legal teams satisfying the utilization rate threshold; classifying the plurality of SUs; calculating the Shapley value of each SU in each legal team; calculating an estimated price of each multi-user in each legal team; determining the retained legal teams; performing an ascending auction process by the retained legal teams; and allocating the channels to the SUs in the winning team.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ke Xu, Yuchao Zhang, Yifeng Zhong, Youjian Zhao
  • Patent number: 9389912
    Abstract: A multi-resource task scheduling method includes: classifying concurrency packets to distinguish packets with deadline and packets without deadline; ranking packets with deadline using EDF algorithm and ranking packets without deadline using SJF algorithm; estimating a virtual start time and a virtual completion time according to ranking results; determining whether packets with deadline can be scheduled successfully; if yes, determining whether there is a packet without deadline, which can be arranged to be scheduled before the packets with deadline and can shorten average completion time, existing in the packets without deadline; and if yes, scheduling the packet without deadline, which can be arranged to be scheduled before the packets with deadline, in advance. The method can shorten the average completion time of all tasks greatly under multi-resource circumstance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ke Xu, Yuchao Zhang, Dongchao Ma
  • Publication number: 20160112331
    Abstract: A programming method and a programming apparatus for a core routing and switching system are provided. The method includes: obtaining a number of routing nodes and a number of resource types in each routing node in the core routing and switching system; judging whether a first requirement for resources in the routing nodes is changed to a second requirement; judging whether resources in a first routing node group corresponding to the first requirement meet the second requirement if the first requirement is changed; searching for a plurality of second routing node groups with resources meeting the second requirement if the resources in the first routing node group do not meet the second requirement; calculating a plurality of migration overheads corresponding to the plurality of second routing node groups; selecting a second routing node group corresponding to a smallest migration overhead from the plurality of second routing node groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: KE XU, YUCHAO ZHANG, MENG SHEN, YOUJIAN ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20150324230
    Abstract: A multi-resource task scheduling method includes: classifying concurrency packets to distinguish packets with deadline and packets without deadline; ranking packets with deadline using EDF algorithm and ranking packets without deadline using SJF algorithm; estimating a virtual start time and a virtual completion time according to ranking results; determining whether packets with deadline can be scheduled successfully; if yes, determining whether there is a packet without deadline, which can be arranged to be scheduled before the packets with deadline and can shorten average completion time, existing in the packets without deadline; and if yes, scheduling the packet without deadline, which can be arranged to be scheduled before the packets with deadline, in advance. The method can shorten the average completion time of all tasks greatly under multi-resource circumstance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: KE XU, YUCHAO ZHANG, DONGCHAO MA
  • Publication number: 20150287131
    Abstract: A method and a system for an online electronic auction are provided. The method includes following steps. A first bid price is obtained from a client. A second bid price is obtained from a cloud service provider. The client and the cloud service provider that win the auction and a transaction price thereof are obtained according to the first bid price and the second bid price, and identification information of the client and the cloud service provider that win the auction is matched with each other such that the client and the cloud service provider can complete an online payment according to the matched identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: KE XU, XUELIN SHI, YUCHAO ZHANG, YONG WANG
  • Publication number: 20150281002
    Abstract: A universal support system for Internet of Things is provided. The system comprises: a user program management center, configured to send a request for an existing program or a request for a customized program according to an instruction input by a user; a management and control center, configured to obtain an existing program according to the request for the existing program, to generate a customized program according to the request for the customized program, to deploy the existing program, and to deploy the customized program according to the description of resource requirements and description of functional requirements of the customized program; and a sensor network, configured to run the existing program or the customized program according to the deployment, to obtain operation data during running an existing program or a customized program, and to send the operation data to the user program management center via the management and control center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Ke Xu, Xin Liu, Yuchao Zhang, Wenlong Chen, Yaxiao Liu