Patents by Inventor Zhifei Li
Zhifei Li 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: 8931693Abstract: Extracting card data comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital image of a card; perform an image recognition process on the digital representation of the card; identifying an image in the digital representation of the card; comparing the identified image to an image database comprising a plurality of images and determining that the identified image matches a stored image in the image database; determining a card type associated with the stored image and associating the card type with the card based on the determination that the identified image matches the stored image; and performing a particular optical character recognition algorithm on the digital representation of the card, the particular optical character recognition algorithm being based on the determined card type. Another example uses an issuer identification number to improve data extraction. Another example compares extracted data with user data to improve accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Xiaohang Wang, Jose Moreira Rodrigues, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, Henry Allan Rowley, Marcus Quintana Mitchell, Zhifei Li
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Publication number: 20150001300Abstract: Extracting card data comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital image of a card; perform an image recognition process on the digital representation of the card; identifying an image in the digital representation of the card; comparing the identified image to an image database comprising a plurality of images and determining that the identified image matches a stored image in the image database; determining a card type associated with the stored image and associating the card type with the card based on the determination that the identified image matches the stored image; and performing a particular optical character recognition algorithm on the digital representation of the card, the particular optical character recognition algorithm being based on the determined card type. Another example uses an issuer identification number to improve data extraction. Another example compares extracted data with user data to improve accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Xiaohang Wang, Jose Moreira Rodrigues, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, Henry Allan Rowley, Marcus Quintana Mitchell, Zhifei Li
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Publication number: 20140270329Abstract: Capturing information from payment instruments comprises receiving, using one or more computer devices, an image of a back side of a payment instrument, the payment instrument comprising information imprinted thereon such that the imprinted information protrudes from a front side of the payment instrument and the imprinted information is indented into the back side of the payment instrument; extracting sets of characters from the image of the back side of the payment instrument based on the imprinted information indented into the back side of the payment instrument and depicted in the image of the back side of the payment instrument; applying a first character recognition application to process the sets of characters extracted from the image of the back side of the payment instrument; and categorizing each of the sets of characters into one of a plurality of categories relating to information required to conduct a payment transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Henry Allan Rowley, Ashok Chhabedia Popat, Michael Edward Jahr, Zhifei Li
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Patent number: 8716417Abstract: An olefin polymerization catalyst and preparation method and use thereof are provided. The components of the catalyst comprise an active magnesium halide, a titanium compound containing at least one Ti-halide bond loaded on the active magnesium halide, and an internal electron donor selected from one or more silicon esters compounds having formula (I). The method for preparing the catalyst components is that: adding spherical magnesium chloride alcoholate particles and the electron donor into the solution of titanium compound in sequence, and processing with the titanium compound for one or more times to obtain the catalyst. The catalyst system used for the olefin polymerization comprises the catalyst components, a cocatalyst and an external electron donor. The catalyst has high activity for the propylene polymerization, and the activity is 4399 gPP/gTi·h(50° C., 1 h, slurry polymerization at atmospheric pressure), and the isotacticity of the polymer is 98%.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: PetroChina Company LimitedInventors: Jianjun Yi, Chunming Cui, Huashu Li, Zhifei Li, Baozuo Yin, Liang Cui, Jianying Zhang, Liang Wang
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Patent number: 8541332Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst for the polymerization of olefins comprising thienyl-substituted silanes, which comprises a solid titanium catalyst component containing titanium, magnesium and a halogen as the main components, an alkylaluminum compound, and a component of organosiloxane compound comprising two thienyl as substituents represented by general formula (I). The molar ratio of each catalyst component is 1:50-150:5-50 based on titanium:aluminum:silicon. When the catalyst is used in the polymerization of propylene, the polymerisate obtained has a very high degree of isotacticity, and the yield is high.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: PetroChina Company LimitedInventors: Zhifei Li, Kuilong Tan, Hao Wang, Jianjun Yi, Qinghong Xu, Weisong Cui, Wei Bai, Xinyuan Liu, Pu Xu, Wanqing Ju
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Patent number: 8470941Abstract: A catalyst for homopolymerizing and copolymerizing propylene and its preparation and use. The catalyst component includes titanium compound containing at least one Ti-halogen bond and at least two kinds of electron donor compounds A and B supported on MgCl2.nROH adduct, wherein the electron donor compound A is a compound of formula (I), the electron donor compound B is ester or ether compound; the molar ratio between compound A and compound B is 0.1-5; the molar ratio between the total amounts of the two kinds of electron donors and MgCl2.nROH is 0.01-1, based on the amount of MgCl2.nROH; and the molar ration between the titanium compound containing Ti-halogen bond and MgCl2.nROH is 1-200. The catalyst has high activity, high stereospecificity and good copolymerization performance. In addition, the morphology of the polymer obtained therefrom is good.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: PetroChina Company LimitedInventors: Jianjun Yi, Baozuo Yin, Chunming Cui, Zhifei Li, Liang Cui, Huashu Li, Weihuan Huang, Jianying Zhang, Li Wang
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Publication number: 20130131292Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst for the polymerization of olefins comprising thienyl-substituted silanes, which comprises a solid titanium catalyst component containing titanium, magnesium and a halogen as the main components, an alkylaluminum compound, and a component of organosiloxane compound comprising two thienyl as substituents represented by general formula (I). The molar ratio of each catalyst component is 1:50-150:5-50 based on titanium:aluminum:silicon. When the catalyst is used in the polymerization of propylene, the polymerisate obtained has very high degree of isotacticity, and the yield is high.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: PetroChina Company LimitedInventors: Zhifei Li, Kuilong Tan, Hao Wang, Jianjun Yi, Qinghong Xu, Weisong Cui, Wei Bai, Xinyuan Liu, Pu Xu, Wanqing Ju
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Publication number: 20130072647Abstract: An olefin polymerization catalyst and preparation method and use thereof are provided. The components of the catalyst comprise an active magnesium halide, a titanium compound containing at least one Ti-halide bond loaded on the active magnesium halide, and an internal electron donor selected from one or more silicon esters compounds having formula (I). The method for preparing the catalyst components is that: adding spherical magnesium chloride alcoholate particles and the electron donor into the solution of titanium compound in sequence, and processing with the titanium compound for one or more times to obtain the catalyst. The catalyst system used for the olefin polymerization comprises the catalyst components, a cocatalyst and an external electron donor. The catalyst has high activity for the propylene polymerization, and the activity is 4399 gPP/gTi·h(50° C., 1 h, slurry polymerization at atmospheric pressure), and the isotacticity of the polymer is 98%.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: PetroChina Company LimitedInventors: Jianjun Yi, Chunming Cui, Huashu Li, Zhifei Li, Baozuo Yin, Liang Cui, Jianying Zhang, Liang Wang
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Publication number: 20110207900Abstract: A catalyst for homopolymerizing and copolymerizing propylene and its preparation and use. The catalyst component includes titanium compound containing at least one Ti-halogen bond and at least two kinds of electron donor compounds A and B supported on MgCl2.nROH adduct, wherein the electron donor compound A is a compound of formula (I), the electron donor compound B is ester or ether compound; the molar ratio between compound A and compound B is 0.1-5; the molar ratio between the total amounts of the two kinds of electron donors and MgCl2.nROH is 0.01-1, based on the amount of MgCl2.nROH; and the molar ration between the titanium compound containing Ti-halogen bond and MgCl2.nROH is 1-200. The catalyst has high activity, high stereospecificity and good copolymerization performance. In addition, the morphology of the polymer obtained therefrom is good.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Jianjun Yi, Baozuo Yin, Chunming Cui, Zhifei Li, Liang Cui, Huashu Li, Weihuan Huang, Jianying Zhang, Li Wang
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Publication number: 20090286675Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuous production of carbon nanotubes in a nano-agglomerate fluidized bed, which comprises the following steps: loading transition metal compounds on a support, obtaining supported nanosized metal catalysts by reducing or dissociating, catalytically decomposing a carbon-source gas, and growing carbon nanotubes on the catalyst support by chemical vapor deposition of carbon atoms. The carbon nanotubes are 4˜100 nm in diameter and 0.5˜1000 ?m in length. The carbon nanotube agglomerates, ranged between 1˜1000 ?m, are smoothly fluidized under 0.005 to 2 m/s superficial gas velocity and 20-800 kg/m3 bed density in the fluidized-bed reactor. The apparatus is simple and easy to operate, has a high reaction rate, and it can be used to produce carbon nanotubes with high degree of crystallization, high purity, and high yield.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Fei Wei, Yao Wang, Guohua Luo, Hao Yu, Zhifei Li, Weizhong Qian, Zhanwen Wang, Yong Jin
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Patent number: 7563427Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuous production of carbon nanotubes in a nano-agglomerate fluidized bed, which comprises the following steps: loading transition metal compounds on a support, obtaining supported nanosized metal catalysts by reducing or dissociating, catalytically decomposing a carbon-source gas, and growing carbon nanotubes on the catalyst support by chemical vapor deposition of carbon atoms. The carbon nanotubes are 4˜100 nm in diameter and 0.5˜1000 ?m in length. The carbon nanotube agglomerates, ranged between 1˜1000 ?m, are smoothly fluidized under 0.005 to 2 m/s superficial gas velocity and 20˜800 kg/m3 bed density in the fluidized-bed reactor. The apparatus is simple and easy to operate, has a high reaction rate, and it can be used to produce carbon nanotubes with high degree of crystallization, high purity, and high yield.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Fei Wei, Yao Wang, Guohua Luo, Hao Yu, Zhifei Li, Weizhong Qian, Zhanwen Wang, Yong Jin
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Publication number: 20040151654Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuous production of carbon nanotubes in a nano-agglomerate fluidized bed, which comprises the following steps: loading transition metal compounds on a support, obtaining supported nanosized metal catalysts by reducing or dissociating, catalytically decomposing a carbon-source gas, and growing carbon nanotubes on the catalyst support by chemical vapor deposition of carbon atoms. The carbon nanotubes are 4˜100 nm in diameter and 0.5˜1000 &mgr;m in length. The carbon nanotube agglomerates, ranged between 1˜1000 &mgr;m, are smoothly fluidized under 0.005 to 2 m/s superficial gas velocity and 20˜800 kg/m3 bed density in the fluidized-bed reactor. The apparatus is simple and easy to operate, has a high reaction rate, and it can be used to produce carbon nanotubes with high degree of crystallization, high purity, and high yield.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Fei Wei, Yao Wang, Guohua Luo, Hao Yu, Zhifei Li, Weizhong Qian, Zhanwen Wang, Yong Jin