Patents by Inventor Aiping Yao

Aiping Yao 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: 20220258902
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a garbage bin, a bin lid, and an automatic cutting mechanism, wherein the cutting drive device drives the first cutting assembly to move along the first guiding assembly and drives the second cutting assembly to move along the second guiding assembly; the first cutting assembly and the second cutting assembly are approached and moved away from each other when moving back and forth. When approaching to each other, a twisted seal at the upper end of the garbage bag is clamped and cut, and after moving away from each other, a space is left for the new garbage bag at the upper end to expand downwards. The automatic cutting mechanism clamps the twisted seal, a size required to be heated is short, the required heat is little, the heating block and power consumption are low, thus the environmental protection is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: AIPING YAO
  • Publication number: 20220219893
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a garbage bin, a bin lid, and a blowing-expanding mechanism, wherein the blowing-expanding mechanism comprises an air blowing member for blowing air to a garbage bag that is open on an upper end of a bin body of the garbage bin, so that as to make the garbage bag expand downwards onto inner sides of the bin body of the garbage bin. The garbage bag is expanded in the manner of the blowing-expanding mechanism blowing air, which expanding method is smart and quick. The new garbage bag has not been placed and touched with garbage, which is clean and hygienic, and there will be no peculiar smells flowing during the blowing process, which can reduce the peculiar smells in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: AIPING YAO
  • Publication number: 20220219891
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a garbage bin, a bin lid, and a rotary packing mechanism for garbage bin. The rotary packing mechanism for garbage bin comprises an annular storage box for storing garbage bags and allowing the stored garbage bags to expand downwards, and a rotary driving device for driving the storage box to rotate, wherein a throw opening is formed at the middle of the storage box for throwing the garbage into the garbage bag. The rotation of the storage box makes the garbage bag that is expanded downwards and stored with garbage rotate, whose upper end is twisted and sealed. The rotary packing mechanism twists the seal in a manner of rotating the storage box, the seal is tighter, the garbage inside is not easy to leak, and the seal is small, which is conductive for subsequent automatic cuttings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: AIPING YAO
  • Patent number: 8659975
    Abstract: A method for measuring a mechanical property of a subject includes using an ultrasonic transducer to apply ultrasonic vibration pulses to a vibration origin in the subject in an on-off time sequence in order to impart a harmonic motion at a prescribed frequency to the subject, and when the vibration pulses are off, preferably using the same transducer to apply ultrasonic detection pulses to a motion detection point and to receive echo signals therefrom in order to sense the harmonic motion on the subject at the motion detection point The ultrasonic detection pulses are interspersed with the vibration pulses and can be applied in a non-uniform manner From the received ultrasonic echo signals, a harmonic signal is detected and a characteristic such as amplitude or phase of the detected harmonic signal is calculated using a Kalman filter or interpolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: James F. Greenleaf, Shigao Chen, Yi Zheng, Aiping Yao
  • Patent number: 8602994
    Abstract: A method for measuring a mechanical property of a subject includes using an ultrasound transducer to apply ultrasonic vibration pulses to a location in a subject in order to induce shear waves at multiple prescribed orthogonal frequencies in the subject. The ultrasound transducer is directed by an excitation signal that is composed of multiple orthogonal basis functions, each having a given frequency component corresponding to the prescribed orthogonal frequencies. The power level of each orthogonal basis function is independently adjustable. The excitation signal can be sparsely sampled, or portions of the excitation signal can be removed in order to improve tissue vibration and to provide for the interleaving ultrasonic vibration and detection pulses. Ultrasonic detection pulses are applied to at least one motion detection point, from which echo signals are received. From the received echo signals, a motion signal is determined, from which mechanical properties of the subject are calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Yi Zheng, Aiping Yao, James F. Greenleaf, Shigao Chen, Matthew W. Urban
  • Publication number: 20110319756
    Abstract: A method for measuring a mechanical property of a subject includes using an ultrasound transducer to apply ultrasonic vibration pulses to a location in a subject in order to induce shear waves at multiple prescribed orthogonal frequencies in the subject. The ultrasound transducer is directed by an excitation signal that is composed of multiple orthogonal basis functions, each having a given frequency component corresponding to the prescribed orthogonal frequencies. The power level of each orthogonal basis function is independently adjustable. The excitation signal can be sparsely sampled, or portions of the excitation signal can be removed in order to improve tissue vibration and to provide for the interleaving ultrasonic vibration and detection pulses. Ultrasonic detection pulses are applied to at least one motion detection point, from which echo signals are received. From the received echo signals, a motion signal is determined, from which mechanical properties of the subject are calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Yi Zheng, Aiping Yao, James F. Greenleaf, Shigao Chen, Matthew W. Urban
  • Publication number: 20110063950
    Abstract: A method for measuring a mechanical property of a subject includes using an ultrasonic transducer to apply ultrasonic vibration pulses to a vibration origin in the subject in an on-off time sequence in order to impart a harmonic motion at a prescribed frequency to the subject, and when the vibration pulses are off, preferably using the same transducer to apply ultrasonic detection pulses to a motion detection point and to receive echo signals therefrom in order to sense the harmonic motion on the subject at the motion detection point The ultrasonic detection pulses are interspersed with the vibration pulses and can be applied in a non-uniform manner From the received ultrasonic echo signals, a harmonic signal is detected and a characteristic such as amplitude or phase of the detected harmonic signal is calculated using a Kalman filter or interpolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: James F. Greenleaf, Shigao Chen, Yi Zheng, Aiping Yao
  • Patent number: 7586587
    Abstract: A stand-alone speedometer directly measuring the translational speed of a moving body comprises a source emitting two spaced light beams which interfere each other, mirrors or beam splitters changing directions of propagation of light beams, and a detector measuring the phase difference of light beams. Compared with the phase difference when the speedometer is stationary, the detector measures a first-order change of phase differences, which indicates the motion speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Inventors: Ruyong Wang, Yi Zheng, Aiping Yao
  • Patent number: 7406066
    Abstract: The present invention of the modulation and demondulation removes the carry synchronization requirement for spread spectrum systems and code-division multiple access communication systems. The invention uses the PN codes that are specially selected and asynchronous demodulation procedure. If number of transmitters is limited, the Multiple Access Interference (MAI) due to carry differences of transmitters can be completely cancelled. Using this invention, signal from a desired transmitter can be demodulated and detected from received signals included from other transmitters in multiple access applications, even when the frequencies of transmitters are different from each other and are not synchronized with a receiver. The invention greatly reduces complexities of a wireless system where Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) or spread spectrum is used. It expands applications of wireless communication. One of the applications is for a CDMA communication for multiple users without a centralized base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Inventors: Yi Zheng, Aiping Yao
  • Patent number: 6813006
    Abstract: A stand-alone speedometer includes an electromagnetic wave source, a beam splitter, a detector and two media with different dispersive dragging effects. An electromagnetic wave is divided into two beams by the beam splitter. The two beams pass the two media differently and they combine again to go on to a detector, giving rise to interference which records the travel-time difference between two beams. Because the two media have different dispersive dragging effects on the propagation of the electromagnetic wave, measuring the change of the travel-time difference when the apparatus is stationary to that when the apparatus is moving will give the translational speed of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventors: Ruyong Wang, Yi Zheng, Aiping Yao
  • Publication number: 20040120275
    Abstract: The present invention of the modulation and demondulation removes the carry synchronization requirement for spread spectrum systems and code-division multiple access communication systems. The invention uses the PN codes that are specially selected and asynchronous demodulation procedure. If number of transmitters is limited, the Multiple Access Interference (MAI) due to carry differences of transmitters can be completely cancelled. Using this invention, signal from a desired transmitter can be demodulated and detected from received signals included from other transmitters in multiple access applications, even when the frequencies of transmitters are different from each other and are not synchronized with a receiver. The invention greatly reduces complexities of a wireless system where Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) or spread spectrum is used. It expands applications of wireless communication. One of the applications is for a CDMA communication for multiple users without a centralized base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Yi Zheng, Aiping Yao