Patents by Inventor Bo Zhang

Bo Zhang 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: 11978011
    Abstract: A method of object status detection for objects supported by a shelf, from shelf image data, includes: obtaining a plurality of images of a shelf, each image including an indication of a gap on the shelf between the objects; registering the images to a common frame of reference; identifying a subset of the gaps having overlapping locations in the common frame of reference; generating a consolidated gap indication from the subset; obtaining reference data including (i) identifiers for the objects and (ii) prescribed locations for the objects within the common frame of reference; based on a comparison of the consolidated gap indication with the reference data, selecting a target object identifier from the reference data; and generating and presenting a status notification for the target product identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bo Fu, Yan Zhang, Yan-Ming Cheng, Jordan K. Varley, Robert E. Beach, Iaacov Coby Segall, Richard Jeffrey Rzeszutek, Michael Ramputi
  • Patent number: 11979516
    Abstract: An audio output method and a system including first and second electronic devices and an audio output device. The first and second devices are connected to a network using a system authentication account, the first device has installed thereon a music application, and the second device has installed thereon a voice call application. When the audio output device outputs an audio signal corresponding to audio data of the music application, in response to the second electronic receiving an incoming call from the voice call application, the first device displays a first prompt corresponding to the incoming call. The first device sends an indication of answering the incoming call to the second device, which answers the incoming call and sends audio data of the incoming call to the first device, and the first device causes the audio output device to output an audio signal corresponding to the audio data of the incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lirong Zhang, Chao Le, Bo Ling, Li Li, Zhongyin Jiang
  • Patent number: 11977867
    Abstract: A code checking method includes: causing a compiler to generate a map file and a low-level code file(s) according to a high-level code file(s); obtaining target function information from the map file; finding a target code file from the low-level code file(s); obtaining a first return command of a target function name of the target function information from the target code file; traversing the low-level code file(s) to obtain each calling module name and a second return command of each calling function name; obtaining a second storage area of each calling module name from the map file; and generating a check failure result when calling of a target function name by each calling function name is not complied with a bank-switching compile form according to a first storage area of the target function information, the first return command, each second storage area, and each second return command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: Yong-Bo Cai, Jun-Chen Zhang, Ming-Rui Li
  • Publication number: 20240146351
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure relate to a short detection and protection circuit for an access point. The circuit comprises a plurality of front end modules (FEMs), a power source configured to supply power to the plurality of FEMs, a plurality of first switches electrically connected between the plurality of FEMs and the power source, and a plurality of short detection units each electrically connected to a respective FEM of the plurality of FEMs and a respective first switch of the plurality of first switches. With these implementations, by providing the short detection units of the present disclosure, the common power source is electrically isolated in time from the failed or shorted FEM, and the common power source can continue to supply power to other FEMs of good performance. Thus, the access point (AP) can keep working, thereby improving the reliability of the AP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kehui CAI, Bo WANG, Hongli ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240142509
    Abstract: An online monitoring method for dynamic changes in positions of transmission line conductors based on electromagnetic signals of ground wires and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: monitoring electromagnetic signals of ground wires; in response to changing in the electromagnetic signals, sending waveforms of the electromagnetic signals of the ground wires before and after changing to a data processing end; deducing change situations of mutual inductances between the ground wires and conductors based on values of conductor currents and the change situations of the electromagnetic signals of the ground wires, and further deducing position change situations of the conductors based on the change situations of the mutual inductances between the ground wires and the conductors; and obtaining dynamic changes in positions and movement statuses of the transmission line conductor based on the position change situations of the conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Bo ZHANG, Zherui CUI, Zhecheng ZHANG, Jun HU, Jinliang HE
  • Publication number: 20240142640
    Abstract: Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a vehicle to determine location relative to a roadside unit (RSU) or other nearby point of reference. Vehicles within a pre-designated range or within broadcast distance or otherwise geographically proximate to a roadside unit, through the use of broadcast or other messages sent by the vehicles and/or the RSU may share carrier GNSS phase measurement data, wherein the shared GNSS carrier phase measurement data may be utilized to control and coordinate vehicle movements, velocity and/or position by the RSU and/or to determine location of each vehicle relative to the RSU and/or to other vehicles or determine the absolute location of each vehicle. An RSU may coordinate vehicle access to an intersection, manage vehicle speeds and coordinate or control vehicle actions such as slowing, stopping, and changing lanes or sending a vehicle to a particular location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Bo ZHENG, Yinghua YANG, Ning LUO, Gengsheng ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240147466
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to wireless communication are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yang ZHANG, Bo GAO, Ke YAO, Meng MEI, Xiaolong GUO, Wenjun YAN, Zhaohua LU
  • Publication number: 20240143433
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting systemwide service issues by using anomaly localization. In an example, a method includes receiving time-series monitoring data for multiple services, the time-series monitoring data including multiple dimensions and an error metric; for the monitoring data from each service, evaluating scopes within the monitoring data based on an objective function for a time-series of the error metric to identify at least one anomalous scope, each scope including at least one dimension and a value for the dimension; based on evaluating the scopes, generating a ranked list of scopes for each service based on objective function scores for the scopes; correlating the ranked lists of scopes across the multiple services to identify a cross-service anomaly; and generating an alert for the services based on the cross-service anomaly, the alert indicating at least one scope as a potential root cause for the cross-service anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mohit VERMA, Julien HOACHUCK, Qingwei LIN, Pooja RANI, Namrata JAIN, Rakesh NAMINENI, Jimmy WONG, Si QIN, Yu KANG, Jeffrey Ding HE, Yingnong DANG, Jian ZHANG, Bo QIAO, Kamaljit BATH
  • Publication number: 20240147452
    Abstract: A beam configuration method, an apparatus, and a communication system. The method includes: a terminal device receives a beam configuration message, where the beam configuration message indicates a new beam. The terminal device may determine, at a time at which first duration starting from a first moment is reached, to use the new beam for communication. The first moment is a moment at which the terminal device switches to the new beam. In this case, the terminal device and the network node on which the old beam is located, and/or the terminal device and the network node on which the new beam is located can have consistent understandings on an effective time of the new beam, to achieve accurate communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shitong YUAN, Bo FAN, Xi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240146169
    Abstract: The invention provides a focusing motor, a closed-loop control method for the focusing motor, and a camera device. The focusing motor includes a mover bracket and a mover plate mounted thereon, a stator and first stator plates and second stator plates mounted thereon, and a processing unit connected to the mover pole plate, the first stator plate and the second stator plate. The mover pole plate is positioned opposite the first stator plate and the second stator plate, and the facing areas change with the movement of the mover bracket. The processing unit controls the movement of the mover bracket in the focusing direction based on the capacitance signals formed by the mover pole plate and the first stator plate as well as the capacitance signals formed by the second stator plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yaoguo Zhang, Bo Xia, Yulin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11974132
    Abstract: A routing method, apparatus, and system, related to the field of communications technologies, to update a routing indicator in a subscription concealed identifier when a user is migrated to a new unified subscriber data management UDM network element and the routing indicator in the subscription concealed identifier changes. The method includes: sending, by an authentication server function AUSF network element, a first authentication vector obtaining request to a first unified data management UDM network element; and if the AUSF network element receives a routing indicator RI sent by the first UDM network element, sending the RI to an access and mobility management function AMF network element. The method is applied to a process in which a terminal updates the RI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hua Li, Bo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11970723
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a strain producing D-allulose 3-epimerase and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of bioengineering. The present disclosure provides a method for improving the expression of D-allulose 3-epimerase by screening promoters and optimizing RBS thereof. The recombinant Bacillus subtilis constructed using thevectors pP43NMK-hag and pP43NMK-hag-RBS4 provided by the present disclosure improves the enzyme activity of a target gene D-allulose 3-epimerase, and theenzyme activities in shake flasks upon transformation are 1.30 times and 1.69 times that of an original vector. The present disclosure further provides a non-antibiotic resistance vector and a non-antibiotic resistance recombinant B. subtilis strain. Using the non-antibiotic resistance strain B. subtilis 1A751-dal-/pP43NMK-hag-RBS4-dpe-dal provided by the present disclosure, the highest fermentation enzyme activity in a shake flask is 24.72 U/mL, and the enzyme activity in a fermenter is 714.8 U/mL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Mengying Hu, Bo Jiang, Mengli Li
  • Patent number: 11974361
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate management of parental control settings at one or more devices based upon a detection of a control device. A central device (115) may be configured with one or more device identifiers of one or more devices that are designated as control devices. In response to a determination by the central device (115) that no control device is connected to the central device (115), the central device (115) may enable one or more parental control settings at the central device (115) and/or one or more client devices (105). When the central device (115) determines that a control device is connected to the central device (115), the central device (115) may disable one or more parental control settings at the central device (115) and/or one or more client devices (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Ju Li, Dongting Zhang, Xiangzhong Jiao, Bo Chen, Yuanhai Tang
  • Patent number: 11974473
    Abstract: A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a pixel defining layer and at least one photo spacer. The pixel defining layer is disposed on the base substrate and includes a plurality of openings, the at least one photo spacer is disposed on a side of the pixel defining layer away from the base substrate. A distance from any point at a bottom of the at least one photo spacer contacting the pixel defining layer to an upper edge of a side wall of the plurality of openings is greater than or equal to 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mengmeng Du, Xiangdan Dong, Qi Liu, Fan He, Bo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11969891
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 4D printed gripper with flexible finger joints and a trajectory tracking control method thereof. The 4D printed gripper with flexible finger joints includes: a palm unit and five finger units connected to the palm unit, where each finger unit includes two flexible finger joints and two phalanges; each flexible finger joint is divided into one upper layer and one lower layer of liquid crystal elastomer (LCE), and each LCE is used to implement a bidirectional bending movement of the finger unit. The present disclosure can precisely control the gripper with flexible finger joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: YANSHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yintang Wen, Haiying Yao, Xiaoyuan Luo, Yuyan Zhang, Xi Liang, Bo Liang
  • Patent number: 11970430
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the co-production of 1,1-difluoroethane and vinyl chloride, including: (a) vaporizing dichloroethane and hydrogen fluoride, and delivering the vaporized dichloroethane and hydrogen fluoride into a reactor for a catalytic reaction under the action of a catalyst to obtain a reaction product; (b) delivering the reaction product into a first rectifying tower for separation to obtain an overhead product from the first rectifying tower and a bottom product from the first rectifying tower; (c) delivering the overhead product from the first rectifying tower into a second rectifying tower for separation to obtain hydrogen chloride and a bottom product from the second rectifying tower; (d) delivering the bottom product from the second rectifying tower into a purifying tower for purification to obtain an overhead product from the purifying tower; (e) simultaneously delivering the overhead product from the purifying tower and a saturated organic solvent into a third rectifying
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang Quhua Fluor-Chemistry Co Ltd
    Inventors: Huimei Yu, Jiangyong Hong, Bo Yang, Yang Zhao, Yan Zhang, Linhui Li, Yawen Ren
  • Publication number: 20240135146
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for training an item copy-writing generation network. The method includes: obtaining item description information of each item in an item set; carrying out data preprocessing on an item description information set corresponding to the item set, to obtain a processed item description information set; training an initial first item copy-writing generation network, to obtain a trained first item copy-writing generation network; and training an initial second item copy-writing generation network through a knowledge distillation method, to obtain a trained second item copy-writing generation network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hainan ZHANG, Hongshen CHEN, Zhuoye DING, Yongju BAO, Bo LONG
  • Publication number: 20240134059
    Abstract: In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a spoofing alert message from either a server or an internet-of-things (IOT) device that indicates whether a spoofed Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) condition is present. Based on determining that the spoofing alert message indicates that a spoofed GNSS condition is present, the UE determines, based on the spoofing alert message, a location of a spoofer broadcasting a spoofed GNSS signal, determines, based on the location of the spoofer and a current location of the UE, that the UE is within a receiving area of the spoofed GNSS signal, and determines a position of the UE without using the spoofed GNSS signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Han ZHANG, Ning LUO, Gengsheng ZHANG, Bo ZHENG, Yinghua YANG, Min WANG
  • Publication number: 20240133033
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are systems and methods related to delivery systems using solid source chemical fill vessels. The delivery system can include a vapor deposition reactor, two or more fill vessels, of which one of more can be remote from the vapor deposition reactor. Each fill vessel is configured to hold solid source chemical reactant therein. An interconnect line or conduit can fluidly connect the vapor deposition reactor with one or more of the fill vessels. A line heater can heat at least a portion of the interconnect line to at least a minimum line temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jacqueline Wrench, Shuaidi Zhang, Arjav Prafulkumar Vashi, Shubham Garg, Todd Robert Dunn, Moataz Bellah Mousa, Jonathan Bakke, Ibrahim Mohamed, Paul Ma, Bo Wang, Eric Shero, Jereld Lee Winkler
  • Patent number: D1024702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Bo Zhang