Patents by Inventor An Zhu

An Zhu 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).

  • Antibody drug conjugates
    Patent number: 10590165
    Abstract: There is disclosed a Dolastatin derivative, conjugated to an antibody, comprising a Dolastatin derivative moiety of Formula IV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenwei Miao, Gang Chen, Tong Zhu, Alisher B. Khasanov, Dylan Deng, Hong Zhang
  • Electrical storage device heater for vehicle
    Patent number: 10594005
    Abstract: An electrical storage device heater system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an electrical storage device, a heater configured to regulate a temperature of the electrical storage device and a controller configured to actuate the heater using power sourced from a location separate from the electrical storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas X. Zhu, Jacob Mathews, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Patrick L. Padgett
  • CLIENT, SERVER AND DIFFERENTIAL UPGRADE METHOD
    Publication number: 20200084092
    Abstract: Provided are a client, a server and a differential upgrade method. The client includes: an identification module, which is configured to acquire, from a server, upgrade configuration information corresponding to preset requirement information; and a loading module, which is configured to load an upgrade process corresponding to the acquired upgrade configuration information from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Yunlong ZHU
  • METHOD, APPARATUS FOR BLIND SIGNAL SEPARATING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200082838
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for blind signal separation and an electronic device. The method includes modeling a sound source with a complex Gaussian distribution to determine a probability density distribution of the sound source; updating a blind signal separation model based on the probability density distribution; and separating an audio signal with the updated blind signal separation model to obtain a plurality of separated output signals. In this way, the blind signal separation model may be updated through the probability density distribution of the sound source obtained based on the complex Gaussian distribution, thereby effectively improving separation performance of a blind signal separation algorithm in specific scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Yuxiang Hu, Changbao Zhu
  • FACTORY DATA STORAGE AND RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20200084050
    Abstract: Systems and methods for storing and recovering data for a device are described. In one embodiment, factory generated calibration data can be generated, sealed and restored securely even if two sensors in two different devices, such as a first ambient light sensor and a second ambient light sensor have the same sensor identifier. In one embodiment, a device transmits a database key to cause storage or recovery of the calibration data, and the database key includes a sensor identifier and a public cryptographic key of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas P. Mensch, Chiye K. Kojima, Han Jong Yu, Jerrold V. Hauck, Muralidhar S. Vempaty, Peter Chang, Tiffany Shih-Yu Fang, Yiqun Zhu
  • ROBOT FOR TRANSPORTING CARGO BOXES
    Publication number: 20200078936
    Abstract: A robot for transporting cargo box, relating to the field of automatic logistics storage, including a drive unit, a cargo box storing unit and a cargo box delivery unit, wherein the drive unit drives the cargo box storing unit and the cargo box delivery unit to move together; the cargo box storing unit includes one or more cargo box storing spaces; the cargo box delivery unit is configured to deliver the cargo box between the storing space and the shelf. The robot for transporting cargo boxes of the present invention can transport various kinds of goods at a time, which increases work efficiency and lowers energy consumption of the transporting robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Zhejiang Guozi Robot Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weifeng WU, Yikun TAO, Hongbo ZHENG, Lingfen ZHU
  • PROSTATIC CANCER MARKER, PLXNA1, AND APPLICATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200080156
    Abstract: The present invention provides an application of PLXNA1 as a biomarker for predicting the occurrence, development, and prognosis of prostate cancer and for distinguishing prostate cancer being progressive and with high malignancy. By detecting a change in a PLXNA1 DNA copy number, and expression levels of mRNA and a protein encoded thereby, a diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer are performed. The present invention also provides an application of PLXNA1 as a therapeutic target for prostate cancer. The present invention also provides a kit for diagnosing and predicting prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: SHANGHAI CHANGHAI HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Yinghao SUN, Shancheng REN, Yasheng ZHU, Xiaolei SHI, Yue YANG
  • COMPUTER VISION PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20200082544
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus detects motion between frames in a sequence of frames. The data processing apparatus then selects and/or tracks a region of interest in the sequence of frames based on the detected motion. An artificial neural network is then implemented to process image data for the selected region of interest in an attempt to classify an object within the region of interest. The data processing apparatus can provide an efficient way of performing computer vision processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Yuhao Zhu, Paul Nicholas Whatmough
  • SELF-BOOST ISOLATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200083804
    Abstract: An isolation device provides high common mode transient immunity without increasing the supply voltage rails in the transmitter side. In one aspect, the disclosed isolation device implements a self-boosting scheme to increase a voltage swing of a transmission signal under a lesser supply voltage rail. The disclosed isolation device includes a first stage circuit, a boost circuit, and a second stage circuit. The first stage circuit is configured to generate first and second signals each having a first voltage within a supply voltage range. The boost circuit is configured to provide a boosted voltage range greater than the supply voltage range responsive to at least one of the first or second signal. The second stage circuit is configured to generate an output signal based on either one of the first or second signal, such that the output signal have a second voltage within the boosted voltage range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Danyang Zhu, Zhidong Liu
  • AUGMENTED REALITY PROCESSING METHOD, OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200082635
    Abstract: An augmented reality processing method is provided for a terminal. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of frames of images, comprising a first image and a second image, which is a frame of an image immediately following the first image; obtaining a key point set of a first object in the first image; obtaining, through a neural network model, first pose key point sets respectively corresponding to a plurality of objects in the second image; determining a second pose key point set of the first object in the second image according to the key point set and a motion trend of the first object; using a target first pose key point set as a key point set of the first object in the second image; and generating an augmented information image according to the key point set of the first object in the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaolong ZHU, Yitong WANG, Kaining HUANG, Lijian MEI, Shenghui HUANG, Jingmin LUO
  • FAST DRY INK COMPOSITION FOR CONTINUOUS INKJET APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20200079967
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to ink compositions suitable for applications in the printing industry, for example continuous inkjet printing, including ultra-high speed continuous inkjet printing. The ink compositions use volatile C5 ketone (pentanone) solvents (e.g., 2-pentanone, 3-pentanone, or 3-methyl-2-butanone) as a major solvent or the only solvent, and also include a binder resin and a colorant, but preferably contain substantially no acetone, methanol, or methyl ethyl ketone, or other solvents listed on the Japan ISHL class II organic solvents list. Preferred ink compositions can contain up to 30% ethanol, n-propanol, or other solvents not listed on the Japan ISHL class II organic solvents list, but preferably contain substantially no ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Fengfei Xiao, Godwin Deng, Linfang Zhu
  • IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200082542
    Abstract: An image processing method and a related apparatus are provided. The method is applied to an image processing device, and includes: obtaining an original image, the original image including a foreground object; extracting a foreground region from the original image through a deep neural network; identifying pixels of the foreground object from the foreground region; forming a mask according to the pixels of the foreground object, the mask including mask values corresponding to the pixels of the foreground object; and extracting the foreground object from the original image according to the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaolong ZHU, Kaining HUANG, Jingmin LUO, Lijian MEI, Shenghui HUANG, Yongsen ZHENG, Yitong WANG, Haozhi HUANG
  • DELIVERY METHOD, DEVICE, UNMANNED VEHICLE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200082333
    Abstract: A delivery method, device, system, unmanned vehicle, and computer-readable storage medium, relating to the field of logistics technology. The delivery method includes monitoring a state of the unmanned vehicle; verifying a verification code input by the user and received from the unmanned vehicle in response to the unmanned vehicle being not in an abnormal working state, and transmitting an unpacking instruction to the unmanned vehicle in response to successful verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicants: BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianghua ZHU
  • ROBOT FOR PERFORMING DROPLET JETTING AND DROPLET JETTING CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT
    Publication number: 20200078812
    Abstract: Provided are a robot for performing droplet jetting, and a droplet jetting control method for a robot. The robot for performing droplet jetting comprises a control system, a mechanical motion structure, a droplet jetting system, and an aerodynamic balance system. The control system implements motion control and droplet jetting control. The mechanical motion structure is a multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical structure and is used to implement a multi-degree-of-freedom motion function. The droplet jetting system is installed at the mechanical motion structure. The aerodynamic balance control system controls, according to a change in an air pressure of a nozzle, air pressures inside and outside of the nozzle to attain a balance so as to ensure a stable jetting, thereby preventing jetting of an excessive amount or an insufficient amount of droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Yi SHI, Futao YANG, Xin HUANG, Chenhui ZHU
  • A METHOD FOR PREPARING ELECTROPLATING COPPER LAYER WITH PREFERRED GROWTH ORIENTATION
    Publication number: 20200080215
    Abstract: A method of preparing an electroplating copper layer having a preferred growth orientation includes: providing an electroplating solution that includes 120 to 200 g/L of copper sulfate, 50 to 150 g/L of sulfuric acid, 100 to 1000 ppm of a wetting agent, 5 to 50 ppm of a brightener, 40 to 100 ppm of a non-dye leveler, and water; providing a phosphorous copper anode that includes 0.03-150 wt % of phosphor; and conducting electroplating at a current density of 1-18 A/dm2; and applying mechanical stirring to ensure an uniform concentration distribution of the electroplating solution and to increase mass transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Yun ZHANG, Zifang ZHU, Tao MA, Luming CHEN, Jing Wang
  • ROUTING BETWEEN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS AND PHYSICAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20200084146
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a data link layer (layer 2) gateway device configured to connect the physical network to the SDN network, routing data to a computing device, the computing device selected to receive a packet transmitted from the physical network to the SDN network; receiving, from a source element in the physical network, an address request for a layer 2 address of a router element in the SDN network, the address request including a networking layer address of the router element; transmitting, to the source element in response to receiving the address request, a layer 2 address of the router element using the routing data; receiving, from the source element, a routing request to route a packet to a destination element in the SDN network using the layer 2 address; routing, using the routing data, the received packet to the computing device to route to the destination element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Gang Tang, Shi Xin Ruan, Zhu Na, Ming Shuang Xian
  • NON-CONTIGUOUS CHANNEL BONDING
    Publication number: 20200080224
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, apparatus, and systems related to non-contiguous channel bonding. A device may determine a wireless communication channel having one or more subchannels in accordance with one or more communication standards. The device may determine instructions to perform one or more clear channel assessments (CCAs) on at least one of the one or more subchannels. The device may cause to send the instructions to one or more first devices. The device may identify a frame received from at least one of the one or more first devices, wherein the frame is received on at least one available subchannel of the one or more subchannels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Qinghua LI, Xiaogang CHEN, Po-Kai HUANG, Yuan ZHU, Yushu ZHANG
  • Adsorption Mechanism, Cleaning Device, Chemiluminescence Detector and Cleaning Method
    Publication number: 20200080998
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magnetic microbeads adsorption mechanism, which is configured to adsorb a magnetic microbeads in a reaction cup and is provided with a cup inlet station and a cup outlet station; the magnetic microbeads adsorption mechanism includes a pedestal, a turntable and multiple magnetic adsorption components; the turntable is rotatably mounted on the pedestal; the turntable can drive the reaction cup to rotate around a central axis of the turntable; the multiple magnetic adsorption components are arranged on a mounting circumference of the pedestal at intervals; the mounting circumference and rotation track of the reaction cup are concentrically arranged; and during a process when the reaction cup rotates from the cup inlet station to the cup outlet station, the adsorption height of the magnetic microbeads relative to cup bottom of the reaction cup can be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Liang ZHU, Li YIN, Yi HU, Dingping BAN, Wanguan YI, Shuai TONG
  • Apparatus and Method for Providing Enhanced Wireless Coverage, Improved Service Performance, and Reduced Battery Power Consumption
    Publication number: 20200084640
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe a novel solution to enhance network service to devices with limited or no connectivity. Embodiments include network-aware nodes deployed by an end-user or operator which are configured by a network to achieve enhanced coverage, enhanced throughput, enhanced battery life, and mitigation of cell boundary experiences, etc. Embodiments provide these benefits to a specified or non-specified set of user equipment (e.g., neighboring user equipment). The service expansion terminal can be an available user equipment that is idle and that has been volunteered, assigned, or is a dedicated node with limited user interface and designed for carrying out enhanced coverage, enhanced throughput, enhanced battery life, and the mitigation of cell boundary experiences, etc. Embodiments may therefore provide low-cost, flexible deployment, and mobility thereby enabling boundaryless service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Keyvan Zarifi, Mohammadhadi Baligh, Jianglei Ma, Peiying Zhu, Amine Maaref
  • ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH LOCALLY-TUNED PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20200083788
    Abstract: A method of forming a rotor lamination includes, with a laser, fabricating a first region of a lamination layer with a first powdered metal having a first composition. The first region at least partially defines a magnet pocket. The method further includes, with a laser, fabricating a second region of the lamination layer with a second powdered metal having a second composition different than the first composition. The second region is disposed immediately adjacent the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Leyi ZHU, Michael W. DEGNER, Feng LIANG