Patents by Inventor Zhen Liu

Zhen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240108784
    Abstract: A hydrogel for cell-laden bioprinting, bioink, and a preparation method and an application thereof, relates to the technical field of biomedical polymer hydrogels. The hydrogel for cell-laden bioprinting is polymer gel formed by adding a cell-specific material into a matrix of alginate and gelatin and crosslinking and curing, wherein the cell-specific material is polypeptide selected according to different laden cells. The structures printed using the hydrogel may have the advantages such as adjustable mechanical properties, adjustable porosity, high biocompatibility, high printing accuracy, and high customizability, which may widely support the printing of human tissues and organs such as spinal cord, cartilage, and heart, and has good prospects for applications in tissue repair, organ transplantation and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY, YANSHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chuanzhen HUANG, Zhuang CHEN, Hanlian LIU, Peng YAO, Zhenyu SHI, Dun LIU, Hongtao ZHU, Bin ZOU, Zhen WANG, Minting WANG, Longhua XU, Shuiquan HUANG, Meina QU, Zhengkai XU, Yabin GUAN
  • Patent number: 11948946
    Abstract: An array substrate, a method for manufacturing the array substrate, and a display panel are provided in the disclosure. The method for manufacturing the array substrate includes the following. A gate and a signal trace spaced apart from the gate are formed on a substrate. A gate insulation layer is formed on the substrate. An active layer to-be-processed is formed on the gate insulation layer. A first photoresist layer is formed on the active layer to-be-processed. The active layer to-be-processed is etched to form an active layer, where the first photoresist layer is on a side surface of the active layer away from the gate insulation layer. A second photoresist layer is formed on the gate insulation layer. The gate insulation layer is etched to define a through hole, where the through hole faces the signal trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: BEIHAI HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Hejing Zhang, Zhen Liu, Jie Zhang, Je-hao Hsu, Haoxuan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20240104349
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to utilize a first machine learning model to determine a classification output for a given input indicating probability of the given input belonging to each of a set of classes, and to utilize a second machine learning model to determine a clustering output for the given input indicating which of a set of clusters that the given input belongs to, the clusters corresponding to respective ones of the classes. The processing device is further configured, responsive to determining that the given input represents an adversarial example based at least in part on a comparison of the classification and clustering outputs for the given input, to modify subsequent processing of the given input by additional machine learning models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jinpeng Liu, Zijia Wang, Zhen Jia, Kenneth Durazzo
  • Publication number: 20240106766
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automatically processing user request data using artificial intelligence techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes generating, using a chatbot during a communication session with a user, answers to user requests by processing the user requests using a first set of artificial intelligence techniques associated with the chatbot; generating knowledge base-related predictions associated with the user requests by processing the user requests using a second set of artificial intelligence techniques associated with a knowledge base; calculating at least one score associated with at least a portion of the answers and the user requests based on qualifying values computed in connection with at least one of generating the answers and generating the knowledge base-related predictions; and performing one or more automated actions based on the at least one calculated score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Zijia Wang, Zhisong Liu, Zhen Jia, Kenneth Durazzo
  • Publication number: 20240107462
    Abstract: A transmission power allocation method is provided. The transmission power allocation method is applied in user equipment (UE). The transmission power allocation method includes the following steps. The UE calculates the target power. The UE calculates the path loss of each antenna of the UE. The UE adjusts the transmission power of each antenna, except for a first antenna which corresponds to the maximum path loss, based on the maximum path loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Zhen SONG, Long LIU, Yan WU, Wei TANG
  • Publication number: 20240102256
    Abstract: A foldable windproof unit, a large-span windproof net structure thereof, and a windproof method are disclosed. The foldable windproof unit comprises a flexible windproof net, towers arranged at intervals, and a load-bearing rope erected on the two towers. The tower on one side is provided with a horizontal pulley assembly, and the tower on the other side is provided with two vertical pulleys. The top edge of the flexible windproof net is slidably connected to the load-bearing rope by means of a plurality of hanging structures. The foldable windproof unit further comprises a traction rope, the traction rope is arranged on the horizontal pulley assembly in a sleeving manner, and the two free ends of the traction rope extend to respectively bypass the two vertical pulleys and are connected to winding mechanism. The hanging structure close to the tower on one side is fixedly connected to the traction rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SHIJIAZHUANG TIEDAO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qingkuan LIU, Xiaobing CHAI, Yifei SUN, Zhen LI, Xi WANG, Nian LIU, Yangxue WANG, Xing CHANG, Saifei FU
  • Publication number: 20240106126
    Abstract: A communication system, including a first carrier and a first antenna mounted on the first carrier; a second carrier and a second antenna mounted on the second carrier, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are arranged relative to each other that the first antenna and the second antenna can establish wireless link; a third carrier and a third antenna mounted on the third carrier; a fourth carrier and a fourth antenna mounted on the fourth carrier, wherein the third antenna and the fourth antenna are arranged relative to each other that the third antenna and the fourth antenna can establish wireless link; and a transmission structure, within which the signal propagate through, connects the second antenna and the third antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Zhen ZHOU, Tolga ACIKALIN, Kenneth FOUST, Shuhei YAMADA, Tae Young YANG, Timothy F. COX, Renzhi LIU, Richard DORRANCE, Johanny ESCOBAR PELAEZ
  • Publication number: 20240102963
    Abstract: Disclosed is an eddy current flaw detection system based on a NV (nitrogen-vacancy) color center quantum sensing technology, relating to the technical field of quantum sensing. The system includes a laser transceiver processing unit, a quantum sensor, an excitation coil, a power supply unit, a microwave coil, and a microwave unit. The diamond NV color center precision measurement technology and the eddy current nondestructive flaw detection technology are combined in accordance with the present disclosure. Compared with the traditional technology, the remarkable performance of the diamond NV color center can improve the accuracy of eddy current nondestructive flaw detection and achieve the accurate detection of fine crack defects. Meanwhile, a detection method for an alternating current magnetic field is designed according to the characteristics of the eddy current nondestructive flaw detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ANHUI GUOSHENG QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaochun ZHANG, Bowen Zhao, Peng Wang, Dacheng Luo, Zhen Zhang, Xin Liu
  • Publication number: 20240095970
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for processing a target object. The method includes acquiring an initial non-video feature vector on the basis of at least one input of a received speech input and text input. The method further includes taking, in response to not receiving a video input, a default feature vector as an initial video feature vector corresponding to the video input. The method further includes generating a video feature, a speech feature, and a text feature on the basis of the initial non-video feature vector and the initial video feature vector. The method further includes generating a processing parameter for a target object on the basis of the video feature, the speech feature, and the text feature, wherein the processing parameter includes at least one of an emotion parameter, an attribute parameter, and a pose parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Zijia Wang, Zhisong Liu, Zhen Jia
  • Publication number: 20240095339
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, a device, and a computer program product for executing computer programs. The method includes implementing multiple executions of a deep neural network that includes a hooking portion outside a trusted execution environment (TEE), wherein an operator in the hooking portion, when executed outside the TEE, invokes a corresponding execution operator in the TEE. During the period, the method includes determining, on the basis of the invocation of the corresponding execution operator in the TEE by the operator in the hooking portion, a computation graph corresponding to the hooking portion. The method further includes executing, on the basis of the computation graph, the execution operator corresponding to the hooking portion in the TEE during the execution of the deep neural network after the multiple executions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Tianxiang Chen, Jinpeng Liu, Anzhou Hou, Zhen Jia
  • Publication number: 20240096000
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, a device, and a computer program product for rendering an image. The method includes determining, based on a coordinate value of a target point in a target scenario and a viewing direction for the target point, a rendering parameter for the target point. The method further includes adjusting the rendering parameter based on the viewing direction and by performing an upsampling operation on the rendering parameter. The method further includes rendering an image for the target scenario based on the adjusted rendering parameter. By means of the method, resources required by processing of image data are reduced; the image data processing speed is increased; and fast rendering of a high-resolution image can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Zhisong Liu, Zijia Wang, Zhen Jia
  • Patent number: 11932842
    Abstract: An apparatus for bioprocessing includes a housing, a drawer receivable within the housing, the drawer including a plurality of sidewalls and a bottom defining a processing chamber, and a generally open top, the drawer being movable between a closed position in which the drawer is received within the housing, and an open position in which the drawer extends from the housing enabling access to the processing chamber through the open top, and at least one bed plate positioned within the processing chamber and configured to receive a bioreactor vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventors: Weston Blaine Griffin, Alex D Corwin, Xiaohua Zhang, Reginald Donovan Smith, Zhen Liu, Chengkun Zhang, Vandana Keskar, Brian Michael Davis, Kashan Shaikh
  • Publication number: 20240083862
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for preparing acesulfame potassium, comprising: adding triethylamine to a sulfamic acid solution, and carrying out an amination reaction to produce a sulfamic acid ammonium salt solution; adding diketene to the obtained sulfamic acid ammonium salt solution, and under the action of a solid superacid catalyst, carrying out an acylation reaction to obtain an intermediate solution; dissolving sulfur trioxide in a solvent to form a cyclizing agent solution; adding the cyclizing agent solution to the intermediate solution, and carrying out a sulfonation cyclization reaction to obtain a cyclized product solution; adding a hydrolysis agent to the cyclized product solution, and carrying out a hydrolysis reaction to obtain a hydrolysis product solution; and adding a potassium hydroxide solution to the organic phase of the hydrolysis product solution to obtain acesulfame potassium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Rui Zhou, Zhen DING, Yongxu Chen, Fengbao Yang, Gang Liu
  • Publication number: 20240083863
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for preparing acesulfame potassium, comprising: pressing an acetoacetamide-N-sulfonic acid triethylamine salt solution and a cyclizing agent solution into a Venturireactor via different inlets, mixing same at a mixing section and a diffusion section of the Venturireactor, and then injecting the obtained mixture into a flow reactor, wherein the cyclizing agent solution is formed by dissolving sulfur trioxide in a first organic solvent; subjecting the mixture passing through the flow reactor to a sulfonation cyclization reaction under the action of a supported solid base heterogeneous catalyst preset in the flow reactor, and entering the obtained sulfonated cyclized product into a hydrolysis reactor; subjecting the sulfonated cyclized product and a hydrolysis agent preset in the hydrolysis reactor to a hydrolysis reaction to obtain a hydrolysis product solution; and adding potassium hydroxide into an organic phase of the hydrolysate solution for a salt-forming reaction to obtain the
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Rui ZHOU, Zhen DING, Yongxu CHEN, Fengbao Yang, Gang LIU
  • Publication number: 20240085495
    Abstract: A circuit for alternating current and direct current leakage detection. The circuit can achieve multiple functions such as direct current leakage detection, alternating current leakage detection, and leakage sampling link self-check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: QINGDAO TOPSCOMM COMMUNICATION CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chengwen YAN, Jianhua WANG, Zhen LIU
  • Patent number: 11928446
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for generating heterogenous platform code. The method may obtain a neural network model. The neural network model may be programed to run on at least one platform. The method may also obtain an initial intermediate representation (IR) code by encoding the neural network model, and obtain a target IR code by adding decorations to the initial IR code based on a target platform. The method may also output an executable code optimized to run on the target platform by decoding the target IR code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KWAI INC.
    Inventors: Zhen Peng, Yang Liu, Hanxian Huang, Yongxiong Ren, Jishen Yang, Lingzhi Liu, Xin Chen
  • Publication number: 20240077350
    Abstract: An optical detection device includes a first linear light source, a second linear light source, an optical sensor array and a processor. The first linear light source is adapted to project a first long strip illumination beam onto the target container. The second linear light source is adapted to project a second long strip illumination beam onto the target container, and the second long strip illumination beam is crossed with the first long strip illumination beam. The optical sensor array is adapted to receive a first long strip detection beam and a second long strip detection beam reflected from the target container. The processor is electrically connected to the optical sensor array. The processor is adapted to analyze intensity distribution of the first long strip detection beam and the second long strip detection beam to acquire a relative distance between the optical sensor array and the target container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Feng-Chi Liu, Chi-Chieh Liao, Guo-Zhen Wang, Hung-Ching Lai
  • Publication number: 20240080321
    Abstract: This patent document describes, among other things, techniques, and apparatuses for providing onboarding and provisioning of networks. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a first network node from a second network node, an authentication notification including an identifier for a third network node where a key is stored. The method further includes transmitting, by a first network node, a wireless device parameter update message to the third network node identified by the identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jin PENG, Shilin YOU, Yuze LIU, Zhen XING, Zhaoji LIN
  • Publication number: 20240077489
    Abstract: Styryl compounds useful for preparing biological detections probes, and the use of the Styryl compounds for the detection, discrimination and quantification of biological targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Zhenjun Diwu, Zhen Luo, Jixiang Liu, Pengfei Dong
  • Publication number: 20240075446
    Abstract: A device for removing iron from a nickel-cobalt-manganese sulfuric acid solution and a method for continuously removing iron ions from a nickel-cobalt-manganese sulfuric acid solution. The device has an iron removal reactor (2) having a stirrer (3) and an iron removal reactor inner cylinder (5) and an aging reactor (9) having an aging reactor stirrer (7) and an automatic stone powder feeder (8), a mixing feed pipe (12) and a carbonate solution feed pipe (4) are arranged in an interlayer between the iron removal reactor (2) and the iron removal reactor inner cylinder (5), a mixer (1) for a preheating the device is arranged at a top of the mixing feed pipe (12), a compressed air inlet (11) and a feed inlet (10) of a solution to be subjected to iron removal are arranged in the mixer (1). Further disclosed is a method for removing iron of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Xunbing LIU, Can PENG, Zhen LIU, Quncheng ZHOU, Zi WANG, Xiongwu DONG, Shanmu WU, Jianjun OUYANG