Patents by Inventor Zhijun Liu
Zhijun 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: 11842722Abstract: Disclosed is a speech synthesis method including: acquiring fundamental frequency information and acoustic feature information from original speech; generating an impulse train from the fundamental frequency information, and inputting it to a harmonic time-varying filter; inputting the acoustic feature information into a neural network filter estimator to obtain corresponding impulse response information; generating noise signal by a noise generator; determining, by the harmonic time-varying filter, harmonic component information through filtering processing on the impulse train and the impulse response information; determining, by a noise time-varying filter, noise component information based on the impulse response information and the noise; and generating a synthesized speech from the harmonic component information and the noise component information.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: AI SPEECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Kai Yu, Zhijun Liu, Kuan Chen
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Patent number: 11796244Abstract: The present invention discloses a door for a refrigerator, a refrigerator and a method of manufacturing the door. The door comprises a door frame enclosed at a periphery, and a first side plate and a second side plate located on two opposed sides of the door frame, the door frame, the first side plate and the second side plate forming a receiving space for receiving a foaming material, wherein the door frame is provided with at least one material overflow preventing assembly which comprises an air discharge hole disposed on the door frame, a receiving cavity communicated with the air discharge hole, and a material discharging passage communicated with the receiving cavity, the air discharge hole is communicated with the external, and the material discharging passage is communicated with the receiving space. The present invention makes the manufacturing cost lower and the quality of products of the door higher.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Xianbing Lv, Ning Wang, Zhijun Liu, Lei Liu, Xiaobin Hu
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Patent number: 11754747Abstract: A system for determining pressure in a hydraulic fracturing system for a well includes a processing module executing code and configured to receive a plurality of input parameters. The processing module can predict either a bottomhole pressure, based on statistical predictions and physics-based predictions, or a surface pressure based on the predicted bottomhole pressure.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: LIBERTY OILFIELD SERVICES LLCInventors: Leen Weijers, Andrew Bonnell, Ely Lolon, Zhijun Liu, Kam Agarwal, Robert Henderson, Michael Mayerhofer
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Patent number: 11711240Abstract: Techniques and architecture are described for providing broadcast/multicast support using VXLAN in and among private on-premises/cloud networks and public cloud networks by defining peer groups comprising VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) within clustered network security devices. For example, a static peer group comprising two or more virtual extensible local access network (VXLAN) tunnel end points (VTEPs) is defined. The two or more VTEPs may each comprise a data interface of a network security device. Based at least in part on the static peer group, an overlay network comprising the two or more VTEPs is defined. A network security device discovers available VTEPs within the static peer group. The network security device establishes a mesh network of available VTEPs.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Louis Zhijun Liu, Andrew Ossipov, Soumya Kalahasti
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Patent number: 11699470Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to efficient memory activation at runtime. A memory module (e.g., a memory riser) being added to a device would typically cause the device to enter system management mode (SMM) to activate the memory module. However, activation (e.g., memory module initialization, hardware training and system reconfiguration) in SMM may substantially delay the resumption of normal operations. Consistent with the present disclosure, at least the memory module initialization and hardware training portions of the activation may be performed by an operating system (OS) in the device, allowing normal device operation to continue during the activation. The OS portion of the activation may generate configuration data. In at least one embodiment, the configuration data may be applied for use in SMM. For example, a system management interrupt (SMI) handler may apply the configuration data during a quiescent period (e.g., a period of inactivity) that occurs during SMM.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Zhijun Liu, Jian Tang
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Publication number: 20230215420Abstract: Disclosed is a speech synthesis method including: acquiring fundamental frequency information and acoustic feature information from original speech; generating an impulse train from the fundamental frequency information, and inputting it to a harmonic time-varying filter; inputting the acoustic feature information into a neural network filter estimator to obtain corresponding impulse response information; generating noise signal by a noise generator; determining, by the harmonic time-varying filter, harmonic component information through filtering processing on the impulse train and the impulse response information; determining, by a noise time-varying filter, noise component information based on the impulse response information and the noise; and generating a synthesized speech from the harmonic component information and the noise component information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: AI SPEECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Kai YU, Zhijun LIU, Kuan CHEN
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Publication number: 20230174132Abstract: A handlebar fixing device and a tool cart are disclosed. The handlebar fixing device includes a connecting assembly detachably connected to an enclosure net adjacent to a handlebar, and a fixing assembly arranged on the side of the connecting assembly adjacent to the handlebar, where the fixing assembly is used to fix the handlebar at the fixing assembly. The tool cart includes the handlebar fixing device. When the handlebar rests on the enclosure net, the handlebar is fixed at the fixing assembly and fixed to the enclosure net through the connecting assembly, so that vibration and collision are not easy to cause the handlebar to turn over, thereby reducing the risk of use.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventor: ZHIJUN LIU
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Publication number: 20230172604Abstract: A surgical instrument is disclosed herein. The surgical instrument can include an end effector that includes jaws configured to transition between an opened condition and a closed condition, a plurality of electrodes positioned within the jaws of the end effector, a control circuit, and a memory configured to store an algorithm configured to cause the control circuit to determine an impedance signal based on signals received from the plurality of electrodes, detect a media positioned between the jaws of the end effector based on the determined impedance signal, determine a position of the detected media based on the received signals, and generate an alert associated with the detected media and the determined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Zhijun Liu, Christopher J. Waid, Patrick L. Creamer, Morgan R. Hunter, Nathan P. K. Nguyen, Kevin D. Felder, James M. McKale, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Simon L. Calcutt, Elisa J. Barber, Matthew K. Sadler, Richard D. Lintern, James Richardson, Rita Stella, Mikhail E. Bashtanov
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Publication number: 20230153006Abstract: A data processing method for a log structured merge (LSM) tree includes selecting SST files to be compressed and merged in a current layer and a next layer, sequentially reading the SST files to be compressed and merged in the current layer and the next layer from a first storage device and sequentially writing the SST files in a second storage device, randomly reading the SST files to be compressed and merged from the second storage device into a memory according to key sequence numbers of data blocks included in the SST files to be compressed and merged, and performing compression and merge processing on the SST files to be compressed and merged.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: KUN ZHANG, ZHAO CHEN, KUN DOU, BEI QI, ZHIJUN LIU
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Patent number: 11652421Abstract: A line interface filter apparatus to couple a drive or group of drives to a shared multiphase AC bus, including individual phase circuits having an inductor coupled between a respective bus and drive phase lines, a tapped resistor coupled to the respective drive phase line, and a capacitor coupled between the resistor and a common connection of the capacitors of the individual phase circuits, where the capacitance of the capacitors is 5 to 15 times a per-phase equivalent capacitance of the drive or group of drives, and the resistance of the resistors is two times a damping ratio times a square root of a ratio of the filter inductance to the filter capacitance, where the damping ratio ? is greater than or equal to 1.0 and less than or equal to 2.0.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Skibinski, Zhijun Liu
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Publication number: 20230133607Abstract: A surgical instrument is disclosed herein. The surgical instrument can include an end effector comprising a first jaw and a second jaw, a plurality of electrodes positioned within the jaws of the end effector, a flexible circuit comprising a conductive track configured for multiplexed transmission of a plurality of signals to and from the end effector, a control circuit communicably coupled to the plurality of electrodes via the flexible conductor, and a memory configured to store an algorithm configured to cause the control circuit to: receive signals from the plurality of electrodes; determine an impedance based on the signals received from the plurality of electrodes; detect a media positioned between the jaws of the end effector based on the impedance; determine a position of the detected media along the longitudinal axis based on the received signals; and generate an alert associated with the detected media and the determined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Zhijun Liu, Christopher J. Waid, Patrick L. Creamer, Morgan R. Hunter, Nathan P. K. Nguyen, Kevin D. Felder, James M. McKale, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Simon L. Calcutt, Elisa J. Barber, Matthew K. Sadler, Richard D. Lintern, James Richardson, Rita Stella, Mikhail E. Bashtanov
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Patent number: 11556483Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for unlocking a persistent region in memory are disclosed. An information handling apparatus includes a controller, a memory coupled to the controller, the memory having a persistent region that can either be locked or unlocked, and a firmware configured to determine whether the persistent region of the memory is locked, obtain a stored passphrase from a storage device if the persistent region is locked, and use the passphrase to unlock the persistent region of the memory.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Zhijun Liu, Sumeet Kochar, He Huang, Wenguang Chen
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Patent number: 11500648Abstract: A method for preparing fast boot of an information handling apparatus. The information handling apparatus contains a first CPU configured to connect to a storage device storing firmware and a second CPU connected to the first CPU. The method contains the steps of: allocating a firmware region in memories associated with each one of the first and second CPUs respectively; and copying a firmware from a storage device to the firmware region of each one of the memories. By utilizing a system memory such as NVDIMM which provides higher access speed than NAND flash and also persistent data storage, one or more CPUs can be booted from firmware images in the NVDIMM much faster, thus saving the total booting time.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Zhijun Liu, Chekim Chhuor, Wen Wei Tang
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Publication number: 20220275675Abstract: A refrigerator, comprising an automatic door-opening/closing apparatus mounted on a refrigerator body for driving the opening and closing of a door. When opening the door, if a first obstacle detecting apparatus detects the presence of an obstacle in front of the door, then the automatic door opening/closing apparatus stops the opening of the door; when closing the door, if a second obstacle detection apparatus detects the presence of an obstacle behind the door, then the automatic door-opening/closing apparatus stops the closing of the door. This stops the movement of the door upon the discovery of an obstacle while opening or closing the door, thus preventing the door from being damaged by collision, and when the obstacle is a person, preventing physical injuries from being caused.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin HUI, Ning WANG, Shidong LI, Zhijun LIU, Xiaobin HU
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Publication number: 20220228797Abstract: The present invention discloses a door for a refrigerator, a refrigerator and a method of manufacturing the door. The door comprises a door frame enclosed at a periphery, and a first side plate and a second side plate located on two opposed sides of the door frame, the door frame, the first side plate and the second side plate forming a receiving space for receiving a foaming material, wherein the door frame is provided with at least one material overflow preventing assembly which comprises an air discharge hole disposed on the door frame, a receiving cavity communicated with the air discharge hole, and a material discharging passage communicated with the receiving cavity, the air discharge hole is communicated with the external, and the material discharging passage is communicated with the receiving space. The present invention makes the manufacturing cost lower and the quality of products of the door higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: XIANBING LV, NING WANG, ZHIJUN LIU, LEI LIU, XIAOBIN HU
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Publication number: 20220214102Abstract: A control method for a drawer door of a refrigerator and the refrigerator. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body (100), a drawer door (200) mounted in the refrigerator body (100) in a front-back pushed and pulled mode, and a driving mechanism (300) driving the drawer door (200) to move forward and backward. The control method comprises: obtaining a door opening instruction or a door closing instruction; controlling the driving mechanism (300) to drive the drawer door (200) to move forward to open or move backward to close; detecting a resistance borne by the drawer door (200) during the movement; determining whether the resistance is greater than a preset resistance threshold; and if yes, controlling the driving mechanism (300) to stop running to enable the drawer door (200) to stop moving. According to the method, the problem that the drawer door (200) is difficult to open is solved, and the automatic opening and closing process of the drawer door (200) is more controllable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin HUI, Shidong LI, Zhijun LIU, Xiaobin HU, Guoshuai CAO
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Publication number: 20220216800Abstract: A line interface filter apparatus to couple a drive or group of drives to a shared multiphase AC bus, including individual phase circuits having an inductor coupled between a respective bus and drive phase lines, a tapped resistor coupled to the respective drive phase line, and a capacitor coupled between the resistor and a common connection of the capacitors of the individual phase circuits, where the capacitance of the capacitors is 5 to 15 times a per-phase equivalent capacitance of the drive or group of drives, and the resistance of the resistors is two times a damping ratio times a square root of a ratio of the filter inductance to the filter capacitance, where the damping ratio ? is greater than or equal to 1.0 and less than or equal to 2.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Skibinski, Zhijun Liu
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Patent number: 11342861Abstract: A method and line interface filter apparatus to couple a drive or group of drives to a shared multiphase AC bus, including individual phase circuits having an inductor coupled between a respective bus and drive phase lines, a resistor coupled to the respective drive phase line, and a capacitor coupled between the resistor and a common connection of the capacitors of the individual phase circuits, where the capacitance of the capacitors is 5 to 15 times a per-phase equivalent capacitance of the drive or group of drives, and the resistance of the resistors is two times a damping ratio times a square root of a ratio of the filter inductance to the filter capacitance, where the damping ratio is greater than or equal to 1.0 and less than or equal to 2.0.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Zhijun Liu, Gary L. Skibinski
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Publication number: 20220103086Abstract: A method and line interface filter apparatus to couple a drive or group of drives to a shared multiphase AC bus, including individual phase circuits having an inductor coupled between a respective bus and drive phase lines, a resistor coupled to the respective drive phase line, and a capacitor coupled between the resistor and a common connection of the capacitors of the individual phase circuits, where the capacitance of the capacitors is 5 to 15 times a per-phase equivalent capacitance of the drive or group of drives, and the resistance of the resistors is two times a damping ratio times a square root of a ratio of the filter inductance to the filter capacitance, where the damping ratio is greater than or equal to 1.0 and less than or equal to 2.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Zhijun Liu, Gary L. Skibinski
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Publication number: 20220012806Abstract: The present disclosure relates to energy trading blockchain technology, and specifically to an electricity market trading and evaluation method based on a weak centralized consortium blockchain.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Weifeng Xu, Zhijun Liu, Wei Chen, Bin Yu, Liguo Weng, Hua Fan, Xinglong Feng, Jie Chen, Yaowen Wei, Kailong Huo, Yanghui Zhang