Patents by Inventor Bing Liu
Bing 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: 11663088Abstract: A method, electronic device, and a computer readable medium for managing backup data that includes determining an expiration time of backup data in a data set to be backed up in a source storage device, and determines a priority of the backup data to be migrated in a migration operation to be performed based on the expiration time. The method may also include migrating backup data with the same priority in the data set to be backed up to a target storage device to reduce a write amplification factor of a storage device, and prolong the service life of the storage device.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Yi Wang, Jun Tang, Qingxiao Zheng, Bing Liu
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Patent number: 11662906Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for upgrading a storage system. The method includes: acquiring information about a set of candidate periods related to a workload of a storage system, the storage system having a workload lower than a first predetermined threshold during the set of candidate periods; determining, based on user information of the storage system, a target period for upgrade from the set of candidate periods; and performing an upgrade operation on at least a part of components among multiple components of the storage system during the target period. In this manner, the upgrade operation for the storage system can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLCInventors: Tao Chen, Bing Liu, Geng Han, Jian Gao
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Patent number: 11663026Abstract: A resource use method, an electronic device, and a computer program product are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes determining a plurality of jobs requesting to use accelerator resources to accelerate data processing. The plurality of jobs are initiated by at least one virtual machine. The method further includes allocating available accelerator resources to the plurality of jobs based on job types of the plurality of jobs. The method further includes causing the plurality of jobs to be executed using the allocated accelerator resources. With the embodiments of the present disclosure, accelerator resources can be dynamically allocated, thereby improving the overall performance of a system.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLCInventors: Jet Chen, Bing Liu
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Publication number: 20230159362Abstract: A floating-island type artificial wetland treatment system based on a lake center platform is provided. The system includes a lake center platform, a water inflow sub-system including water inflow filled columns, a water drainage sub-system including water drainage filled columns, a water collection and distribution sub-system including water collection tanks, and a platform wetland sub-system; the water drainage filled column is located in a center of a bottom of the lake center platform; the plurality of water inflow filled columns are uniformly distributed at edges of the bottom of the lake center platform with the water drainage filled column as a center; the platform wetland sub-system is located in a center region of an upper surface of the lake center platform; and the plurality of water collection tanks are uniformly distributed at edges of the upper surface of the lake center platform with the platform wetland sub-system as a center.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: Jiangxi Academy of Eco-Environmental Research and PlanningInventors: Meng ZHANG, Min ZHOU, Junwei WU, Mingshu LI, Bing FENG, Binghao WAN, Zugen LIU
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Publication number: 20230159786Abstract: Use of a coating composition for making a frost resistant substrate, the coating composition comprises at least one copolymer (ZW-CA) comprising: (a) repeating units (RZW) derived from at least one zwitterionic monomer, monomer (B), and (b) repeating units (RCA) derived from at least one monomer containing carboxylic acid and/or carboxylic anhydride, monomer (B), and at least one crosslinking agent (CL).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: Solvay SAInventors: Congyu Bao, Yunjiao Gu, Bing Hong, Chunying Liu, Peng Xu
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Publication number: 20230159336Abstract: The present application discloses a conductive high-strength diamond/amorphous carbon composite material and a preparation process thereof. The diamond/amorphous carbon composite material is composed of an amorphous carbon continuous phase and multiple separate diamond phases embedded in the amorphous carbon continuous phase, wherein the diamond phases exhibit an ordered sp3 hybrid state, and the amorphous carbon continuous phase exhibits a disordered sp2 hybrid state. The present application further discloses a process for preparing the above diamond/amorphous carbon composite material. The process comprises using sp3 carbon powder or glassy carbon as a raw material to obtain the above-mentioned material by sintering. The diamond/amorphous carbon composite material shows good electrical conductivity, good electrical discharge machining ability, good chemical stability and light weight, and has broad application prospects in aerospace, automobile industry and biomedical equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Zhisheng Zhao, Bing Liu, Zihe Li, Yingju Wu, Kun Luo, Lei Sun, Baozhong Li, Julong He, Dongli Yu, Zhongyuan Liu, Wentao Hu, Bo Xu, Yongjun Tian
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Patent number: 11658945Abstract: A network device includes a transmitter and a receiver to establish a secure connection with one or more network nodes as part of a Autonomic Control Plane (ACP) network. The network device also includes a processor coupled to the transmitter and receiver. The processor receives a request from an application to initiate a connection with a destination network node. The processor also receives packets from the application for transmission toward the destination network node. When the packets from the application are unencrypted, the processor end-to-end encrypts the unencrypted packets without notifying the application. The transmitter then transmits the encrypted packets towards the destination network node across the ACP network.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Toerless Eckert, Sheng Jiang, Bing Liu
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Patent number: 11654568Abstract: A 3D measurement model and the spatial calibration method based on a 1D displacement sensor are proposed. A 3D measurement system based on a fixed 1D displacement sensor is established; then a spatial measurement model based on the 1D displacement sensor is established; and then based on the high precision pose data of the measurement plane and sensor measurement data, spatial calibration constraint equation are established; a weighted iterative algorithms is employed to calculate the extrinsic parameters of the 1D sensor that meet the precision requirements, then the calibration process is completed. A high precision 3D measurement model is established; a 3D measurement model based on a 1D displacement sensor is established, and the calibration method of the measurement model is proposed, which will improve the precision of the 3D measurement model and solve the problem of inaccurate spatial measurement caused by the errors of the sensor extrinsic parameters.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Wei Liu, Bing Liang, Mengde Zhou, Kun Liu, Yang Zhang, Di Feng, Xintong Jiang, Likun Si, Zhenyuan Jia
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Patent number: 11658452Abstract: Optical line amplifiers with on-board controllers and supervisory devices for controlling optical line amplifiers are provided for controlling bootstrap or power-up procedures when optical line amplifiers are initially installed in an optical communication network. The controllers may include non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store computer logic having instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processing devices to block an input to one or more gain units of the line amplifier and cause the line amplifier to operate in an Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) mode. In response to a detection of a valid power level of the line amplifier, the instructions can further cause the one or more processing devices to switch the line amplifier from the ASE mode to a regular mode and unblock the input to the one or more gain units of the line amplifier to allow operation of the line amplifier in the regular operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Ciena CorporationInventors: Choudhury A. Al Sayeed, Bing Liu, Damian Flannery, Jean-Luc Archambault
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Patent number: 11651451Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request from a client system associated with a user, generating a response to the user request which references one or more entities, generating a personalized recommendation based on the user request and the response, wherein the personalized recommendation references one or more of the entities of the response, and sending instructions for presenting the response and the personalized recommendation to the client system.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventors: Honglei Liu, Hao Zhou, Seungwhan Moon, Bing Liu, Yulong Qiu, Daniel Chai, Pararth Paresh Shah, Xiaolei Li, Rajen Subba, Hu Xu
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Patent number: 11652545Abstract: Systems and methods for avoiding fiber damage of an optical fiber link are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes monitoring optical signals transmitted along an optical fiber link from an output port of a first card to an input port of a second card. In response to detecting a fiber disconnection state when an amplifier of the first card is operating in a normal condition, the amplifier of the first card enters a forced Automatic Power Reduction (APR) condition. In addition to potentially reducing the risk of eye damage from laser light emitted from the optical fiber link, the forced APR condition is configured to allow for an uninterrupted debugging procedure. Also, the method includes returning the amplifier of the first card from the forced APR condition back to the normal operating condition after receiving an indication that the fiber disconnection state has cleared.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Ciena CorporationInventors: David C. Bownass, Choudhury A. Al Sayeed, Jean-Yves Levesque, Bing Liu
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Patent number: 11650838Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for controlling a virtual machine. The method comprises: determining external information related to the running of the virtual machine, the external information indicating a first period to be occupied by the virtual machine to process data in association with another virtual machine; determining internal information related to the running of the virtual machine, the internal information indicating a second period to be occupied by the virtual machine to process internally stored data; determining a stop period of the virtual machine based on the external information and the internal information; and controlling the virtual machine to stop running during the stop period.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLCInventors: Cheng Wang, Bing Liu
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Publication number: 20230129765Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a method for efficiently and economically producing a polythioether compound by performing a ring-opening polymerization of an alicyclic episulfide compound. The present disclosure provides a method for producing a polythioether compound, the method including performing a ring-opening polymerization of an alicyclic episulfide compound in the presence of a base. The base is preferably an amine compound. Further, the base is preferably a strong base.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori SAKANE, Kenji KITAYAMA, Bing LIU
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Patent number: 11634327Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical filed of new carbon materials and relates to a novel sp2-sp3 hybrid crystalline carbon named Gradia and its preparation process. A novel sp2-sp3 hybrid carbon named Gradia is synthesized using sp2 hybrid carbon as raw materials under high temperature and high pressure. The basic structural units of Gradia are composed of sp2 hybrid graphite-like structural units and sp3 hybrid diamond-like structural units. Gradia disclosed in the present disclosure is a class of new sp2-sp3 hybrid carbon allotrope, whose crystal structure can vary with the widths and/or crystallographic orientation relationships of internal sp2 and/or sp3 structural units.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: YANSHAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Zhisheng Zhao, Kun Luo, Bing Liu, Wentao Hu, Lei Sun, Julong He, Dongli Yu, Yongjun Tian, Bo Xu, Zhongyuan Liu
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Publication number: 20230121086Abstract: A ROR?t inhibitor as well as a preparation method thereof and uses thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition including the compound, a method for preparing the pharmaceutical composition, and use of the compound or the pharmaceutical composition in the treatment or prevention of ROR?t-mediated cancer, inflammation, or autoimmune diseases in mammals, especially humans.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: SUNSHINE LAKE PHARMA CO., LTD.Inventors: Bing LIU, Yingjun ZHANG, Wei PAN, Feng WANG, Xuke LI, Wei HE, Jiuzhong HUANG
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Patent number: 11621937Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request from a client system associated with a user, generating a response to the user request which references one or more entities, generating a personalized recommendation based on the user request and the response, wherein the personalized recommendation references one or more of the entities of the response, and sending instructions for presenting the response and the personalized recommendation to the client system.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventors: Honglei Liu, Hao Zhou, Seungwhan Moon, Bing Liu, Yulong Qiu, Daniel Chai, Pararth Paresh Shah, Xiaolei Li, Rajen Subba, Hu Xu
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Publication number: 20230097354Abstract: The disclosure provides a metal surface layer treating method, a metal assembly and an electronic device. The metal surface layer treating method includes: putting metal into a vacuum chamber, and vacuumizing the vacuum chamber to a first vacuum degree; adding a mixed gas of acetylene, nitrogen and hydrogen into the vacuum chamber; and heating the vacuum chamber to a temperature above an ambient temperature. In response to the temperature in the vacuum chamber reaching a first temperature value above the ambient temperature and a gas pressure of the vacuum chamber reaching a first pressure value, performing glow discharge so that a carbon-nitrogen gradient hardening layer is formed on a surface layer of the metal. The method includes removing part of a carbon layer of the surface layer of the carbon-nitrogen gradient hardening layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.Inventor: Bing LIU
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Publication number: 20230086727Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method executed by an information processing apparatus in order to cause a neural network to learn a Tth task corresponding to a Tth learning set is provided. The method includes: for each of a plurality of units, determining an importance degree of the unit in the Tth task; for each of a plurality of layers, determining dissimilar tasks from among a first task to a (T?1)th task, the dissimilar tasks being not similar to the Tth task in terms of behaviors in the layer; and in learning that uses the Tth learning set, suppressing updating of weight parameters of the plurality of units included in the plurality of layers in accordance with importance degrees in the dissimilar tasks determined for each of the plurality of layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicants: KDDI Research, Inc., THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventors: Tatsuya Konishi, Mori Kurokawa, Bing Liu, Gyuhak Kim, Zixuan Ke
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Publication number: 20230086852Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for failure handling. This failure handling method includes determining a sector set failure type associated with at least one failed sector set of a disk; if the sector set failure type indicates that the number of failed sector sets in the at least one failed sector set is greater than a first threshold number, generating an instruction for replacing the disk; and otherwise performing at least one of the following: migrating data from a failed sector set in which the number of failed sectors is greater than a second threshold number to a spare sector set, and performing a failure recovery for a failed sector set in which the number of failed sectors is less than or equal to the second threshold number.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Bing Liu, Lingdong Weng, Zheng Li
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Publication number: 20230061948Abstract: One example method includes analyzing an IO pattern comprising IOs issued by a client application, based on the analyzing, generating a rule relating to an NFIT, using the rule to modify the NFIT, and after the NFIT is modified, changing a configuration of SCM firmware based on the NFIT. Because the modified SCM firmware may have a configuration directly related to the IO pattern, the SCM may function relatively more efficiently and effectively for that IO pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Parmeshwr Prasad, Bing Liu, Rahul Deo Vishwakarma