Patents by Inventor An Zhao

An Zhao 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).

  • Patent number: 11767031
    Abstract: A system comprises an autonomous vehicle (AV) and an operation server operably coupled with the AV. The operation server accesses environmental data associated with a road traveled by the AV. The environmental data is associated with a time window during which the AV is traveling along the road. The operation server compares the environmental data with map data that comprises expected road conditions ahead of the AV. The operation server determines whether the environmental data comprises an unexpected road condition that is not included in the map data. In response to determining that the environmental data comprises the unexpected road condition that is not included in the map data, the operation server determines a location coordinate of the unexpected road condition, and communicates a command to the AV to maneuver to avoid the unexpected road condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Changyi Zhao, Joyce Tam, Bin Huang
  • Patent number: 11768888
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for autonomously extracting attributes from domains of a vertical. The disclosed implementations train a deep neural network (“DNN”) based on one or more domains of a vertical using labeled embedding vectors generated for nodes of those one or more domains. The trained DNN may then be used to autonomously label nodes of other domains within the same vertical such that attributes corresponding to those labels can be extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Jinfeng Zhuang, Zhengda Zhao, Vijai Mohan
  • Patent number: 11766047
    Abstract: The texture and flavor of bran and germ for the production of whole wheat flour and for the production of baked goods containing whole wheat flour is improved by treating bran and germ with water and an enzyme composition comprising xylanase, pentosanase, or mixtures thereof to hydrate the bran and germ and to enzymatically convert insoluble fiber of the bran and germ into soluble fiber and sugars. The enzymatic conversion is conducted so as to decrease the water holding capacity of the bran and germ and provides a bran and germ product having reduced grittiness and a reduced whole wheat flavor, while avoiding adverse effects on baking functionality. The enzymatic treatment with the xylanase and/or pentosanase may be initiated upon whole wheat berries or grains during tempering, or it may be initiated upon a separated bran and germ fraction obtained after grinding or milling of whole wheat berries or grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
    Inventors: Lynn C. Haynes, Bin Zhao, Daniel R. Schuenzel
  • Patent number: 11769533
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip is provided. The semiconductor chip includes a SRAM cell, a logic cell, a signal line and a ground line. The SRAM cell includes a storage transmission gate, a read transmission gate and a latch circuit. The latch circuit is serially connected between the storage and read transmission gates, and includes a first inverter, a second inverter and a transmission gate connected to an output of the first inverter, an input of the second inverter and an output of the storage transmission gate. The logic cell disposed aside the SRAM cell is connected with the SRAM cell by first and second active structures. The signal and ground lines extend at opposite sides of the SRAM and logic cells, and are substantially parallel with the first and second active structures. The SRAM and logic cells are disposed between and electrically connected to the signal and ground lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Fujiwara, Hsien-Yu Pan, Chih-Yu Lin, Yen-Huei Chen, Wei-Chang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11766788
    Abstract: An inspection robot comprises a control cabinet, an actuator, and a base. The control cabinet and the actuator are oppositely arranged on the base in a direction parallel to a plane where the base is located. The control cabinet is configured to control a path of movement of the actuator. The actuator and the control cabinet are both installed on the same panel of the base, so that the load is more uniformly distributed on the base. Also provided is an inspection method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN YOUIBOT ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaohui Zhang, Xu Bian, Jin Xu, Wanqiu Zhao, Xuesong Mei
  • Patent number: 11767032
    Abstract: A system comprises a lead autonomous vehicle (AV), a control device associated with the lead AV, and a following AV. The control device receives a command to navigate the lead AV to avoid an unexpected road condition. The control device receives sensor data from a sensor of the lead AV, comprising location coordinates of objects ahead of the lead AV. The control device accesses environmental data associated with a portion of a road between the lead AV and following AV. The environmental data comprises location coordinates of objects between the lead AV and following AV. The control device determines whether an object in the sensor data or environmental data impedes performing the command by the following AV. The control device updates the command, if the control device determines that an object impedes performing the command by the following AV, and communicates the updated command to the following AV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Changyi Zhao, Joyce Tam, Bin Huang
  • Patent number: 11770270
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an integrated automated driving system for a maritime autonomous surface ship (MASS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventors: Yong Ma, Yujiao Zhao
  • Patent number: 11768587
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by a client device implementing a messaging application, a request to access a display of a plurality of augmented reality experiences; retrieving a plurality of identifiers of each of the plurality of augmented reality experiences; determining that a given augmented reality experience of the plurality of augmented reality experiences is associated with an access restriction; modifying a given identifier of the plurality of identifiers associated with the given augmented reality experience in response to determining that the given augmented reality experience is associated with the access restriction; and generating, for display on the client device, a graphical user interface that includes the plurality of identifiers comprising the modified given identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: John Jensen, Gabriel Lupin, Jialu Zhao
  • Patent number: 11766638
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ion-exchange membrane that includes a supporting substrate impregnated with an ion-exchange material. The supporting substrate includes an imprinted non-woven layer, and the imprinting includes a plurality of deformations at a surface density of at least 16 per cm2. The supporting substrate may lack a reinforcing layer. In some examples, the supporting substrate may include only a single layer of the imprinted non-woven fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yonghong Zhao, John H. Barber
  • Patent number: 11766165
    Abstract: An optical system for a stereo-video endoscope, the optical system including: first and second lens system channels having first and second optical elements on first and second optical axes, respectively, the first and second optical axes being parallel to each other; wherein the first and second optical elements are each arranged symmetrically relative to each other about a plane of symmetry between the first and second lens system channels and the first and second optical elements comprise first and second D-cut lenses, respectively, each of the first and second D-cut lenses having a boundary surface which is set back relative to the plane of symmetry; and the boundary surface of each of the first and second D-cut lenses are inclined with respect of the plane of symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventor: Jianxin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11769844
    Abstract: A photovoltaic device includes a substrate structure and a p-type semiconductor absorber layer. A photovoltaic device may include a CdSeTe layer. A process for manufacturing a photovoltaic device includes forming a CdSeTe layer over a substrate. The process includes forming a p-type cadmium selenide telluride absorber layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: First Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Damjanovic, Feng Liao, Rick Powell, Rui Shao, Jigish Trivedi, Zhibo Zhao
  • Patent number: 11767368
    Abstract: The present application relates to an antigen-binding protein and use thereof, wherein the antigen-binding protein comprises a VH and a VL, wherein the VH comprises an HCDR1, an HCDR2 and an HCDR3, wherein the HCDR1 comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10, the HCDR2 comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12, the HCDR3 comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14; and the VL comprises an LCDR1, an LCDR2 and an LCDR3, wherein the LCDR1 comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, the LCDR2 comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4, and the LCDR3 comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6. The present application also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antigen-binding protein and use thereof for the treatment of a cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: UTC THERAPEUTICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangbing Zhao, Xiaojun Liu, Jie Wang
  • Patent number: 11770817
    Abstract: A user equipment and a method of wireless communication of the same are provided. The method includes receiving configuration information of a scheduled mode sidelink resource pool from a base station, the configuration information from the base station comprising at least one of a resource reservation interval, or a length of contiguous sub-channels, and performing sensing in the scheduled mode sidelink resource pool and reporting the sensing result, wherein the sensing result is associated with a set of available resources of the scheduled mode sidelink resource pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP, LTD.
    Inventors: Huei-Ming Lin, Zhenshan Zhao, Qianxi Lu
  • Patent number: 11769826
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a channel layer, a barrier layer, source contact and a drain contact, a doped group III-V layer, and a gate electrode. The barrier layer is positioned above the channel layer. The source contact and the drain contact are positioned above the barrier layer. The doped group III-V layer is positioned above the barrier layer and between the first drain contact and the first source contact. The first doped group III-V layer has a first non-vertical sidewall and a second non-vertical sidewall. The gate electrode is positioned above the doped group III-V layer and has a third non-vertical sidewall and a fourth non-vertical sidewall. A horizontal distance from the first non-vertical sidewall to the third non-vertical sidewall is different than a horizontal distance from the second non-vertical sidewall to the fourth non-vertical sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (ZHUHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hang Liao, Qiyue Zhao, Chang An Li, Chao Wang, Chunhua Zhou, King Yuen Wong
  • Patent number: 11766409
    Abstract: A method of forming a core-shell polymer nanoparticle encapsulating an active agent is disclosed, including the use of a multi-solvent system in which to dissolve the active agent and a polymer prior to their precipitation using an antisolvent. The preferred use of an organic solvent system comprising two or more organic solvents allows for a high degree of control, as compared with the use of a single solvent, and enables the active agent to be precipitated more or less simultaneously with, or just prior to, the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Chunxia Zhao, Yun Liu
  • Patent number: 11767238
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a nonhomogeneous soil pollutant multiphase extraction and tail gas purifying device and an application method thereof. The device comprises two water retaining walls, a water layer extraction system and a near-water soil layer extraction system, a nonhomogeneous soil layer extraction system and a geophysical prospecting system, etc. The distribution of pollutants and the range of the pollution plume can be determined through geophysical prospecting, borehole exploration, three-dimensional simulation, etc.; through the combined application of the water retaining wall and the water pumping and supplementing self-circulation system, it is beneficial to form a stable treatment area for the occurrence area of the groundwater layer; the arrangement of the water layer extraction system facilitates the liquid extraction of the organic pollutants in a free phase and a dissolved phase at the groundwater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Technical Centre for Soil, Agriculture and Rural Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Hao Zhang, Juan Li, Huan Huan, Haizhou Wang, Weijiang Liu, Xiaobing Zhao
  • Patent number: 11767435
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-reflection coating composition. The anti-reflection coating composition includes an active component and a solvent B. The active component includes a matting resin A, a catalyst C, and a crosslinking agent D. The weight average molecular weight of the matting resin A is less than or equal to 20000. Also provided is use of the anti-reflection coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: PhiChem Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Zhang, Jiaqi Zhao, Fanjie Xu
  • Patent number: 11769344
    Abstract: A device for identifying a pattern over a first surface includes a photosensitive layer, and a light-guiding layer disposed between the photosensitive layer and the first surface. The photosensitive layer includes a plurality of photosensitive elements, each configured to convert incident light into an electrical signal. The light-guiding layer includes a plurality of light-guiding units, each positionally corresponding to one of the plurality of photosensitive elements. Each light-guiding unit include a plurality of light-transmitting portions, each configured to guide a light beam reflected from a feature of the pattern positionally corresponding thereto to transmit therethrough and reach one of the plurality of photosensitive elements corresponding to the each of the plurality of light-guiding units. The device can be used for identification of fingerprint, as well as other biometric or non-biometric features, and has a reduced thickness and an improved accuracy for pattern identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pinchao Gu, Haisheng Wang, Chunwei Wu, Yingming Liu, Rui Xu, Changfeng Li, Lijun Zhao, Yanan Jia, Yuzhen Guo, Yunke Qin
  • Patent number: 11766958
    Abstract: A backrest locking mechanism adapted for a backrest and a base of a child safety seat is provided. The backrest locking mechanism includes a locking pin, a locking component and an operating component. The locking pin is disposed on the base. The locking component is disposed on the backrest. A locking hole structure is formed on the locking component. The locking pin is configured to detachably engage with the locking hole structure. The operating component is movably disposed on the backrest or the base. The operating component drives the locking pin and the locking hole structure to engage with or disengage from each other when the operating component is operated. Besides, a child safety seat including the aforementioned backrest locking mechanism is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Guang-Hui Zhao
  • Patent number: D999877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Hongbo Zhao