Patents by Inventor Chao Liu

Chao 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).

  • Patent number: 11926794
    Abstract: A continuous operation method is employed for the microwave high-temperature pyrolysis of a solid material containing an organic matter. The method includes the steps of mixing a solid material containing an organic matter with a liquid organic medium; transferring the obtained mixture to a microwave field; and in the microwave field, continuously contacting the mixture with a strong wave absorption material in an inert atmosphere or in vacuum. The strong wave absorption material continuously generates a high temperature under a microwave such that the solid material containing an organic matter and the liquid organic medium are continuously pyrolyzed to implement a continuous operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haibin Jiang, Jinliang Qiao, Xiaohong Zhang, Wenlu Liu, Jianming Gao, Guicun Qi, Zhihai Song, Jinmei Lai, Chuanlun Cai, Binghai Li, Xiang Wang, Yue Ru, Hongbin Zhang, Peng Han, Jiangru Zhang, Chao Jiang, Zhaoyan Guo
  • Publication number: 20240080180
    Abstract: The federated learning system includes a moderator and client devices. Each client device performs a method for verifying model update as follows: receiving a hash function and a general model; training a client model according to the general model and raw data; calculating a difference as an update parameter between the general model and the client model, sending the update parameter to the moderator; inputting the update parameter to the hash function to generate a hash value; sending the hash value to other client devices, and receiving other hash values; summing all the hash values to generate a trust value; receiving an aggregation parameter calculated according to the update parameters; inputting the aggregation parameter to the hash function to generate a to-be-verified value; and updating the client model according to the aggregation parameter when the to-be-verified value equals the trust value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Chih-Fan HSU, Wei-Chao CHEN, Jing-Lun Huang, Ming-Ching Chang, Feng-Hao Liu
  • Publication number: 20240080866
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention are a method performed by user equipment and user equipment. The method performed by user equipment includes: receiving a coordination request in a first resource pool, determining a coordination resource set in a second resource pool, and transmitting, in a third resource pool, a coordination message as a response to the coordination request, wherein the coordination message includes an indication for the coordination resource set, and the first resource pool, the second resource pool, and the third resource pool are the same resource pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Chao LUO, Renmao LIU, Yinan ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20240078713
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, and system for texture coordinate prediction for mesh compression are provided. The process may include receiving, for a mesh, a coordinate of a first vertex and a coordinate of a prediction candidate vertex in a three dimensional (3D) space. The process may include determining a stretch perpendicular distance associated with the first vertex and the prediction candidate vertex, the stretch perpendicular distance being based on a conversion of the 3D space into a two dimensional (2D) space, and determining a 2D texture coordinate of the first vertex based on the stretch perpendicular distance associated with the first vertex and the prediction candidate vertex. The process may also include determining a residual of a predicted coordinate of the first vertex and an actual 2D coordinate of the first vertex; and compressing the mesh based on entropy coding the residual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Shan Liu, Jun Tian, Xiaozhong Xu, Chao Huang, Xiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240076444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polybutylene terephthalate composition, and an article derived from the polybutylene terephthalate composition comprising as component (A) polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin, as component (B) vinyl aromatic-based polymer comprising units which are derived from vinyl aromatic monomers, and as component (C) reinforcement agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Chao Liu, Qiong Jie Han, Roland Helmut Kraemer, Zhen Ke Wei
  • Patent number: 11922892
    Abstract: The disclosed devices may include a driver circuit including a voltage boost circuit, a pulse modulation controller, and optionally a headroom processor. The voltage boost circuit may be configured to receive a device input voltage (such as a battery voltage) and generate a backlight drive voltage. The pulse modulation controller may be configured to provide a pulse modulation signal to the voltage boost circuit, and may include a digital circuit or an analog circuit. Example devices may include a backlight unit receiving the backlight voltage. The optional headroom processor may provide a headroom signal to the pulse modulation controller based on a headroom voltage determined from the backlight unit. Devices may further include a backlight unit including an arrangement of light-emissive elements, and may include display devices such as head-mounted devices. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yuming Liu, Chao Hu, Joaquin Andres Fierro, Nathan Slattengren, David Viviescas, Stella Chung, Tajbid Rahman
  • Patent number: 11922664
    Abstract: A processing circuitry decodes a plurality of maps in 2D from a bitstream carrying a mesh frame. The mesh frame represents a surface of an object with polygons. The plurality of maps includes a decoded geometry map and a decoded attribute map with an adaptive 2D atlas sampling applied. The processing circuitry determines at least a first sampling rate and a second sampling rate according to syntaxes signaled in the bitstream. The first sampling rate is applied to a first region of the mesh frame and the second sampling rate is applied to a second region of the mesh frame during the adaptive 2D atlas sampling. The processing circuitry reconstructs, based on the plurality of maps, at least a first vertex of the mesh frame according to the first sampling rate, and a second vertex of the mesh frame according to the second sampling rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xiang Zhang, Shan Liu, Xiaozhong Xu, Chao Huang, Jun Tian
  • Patent number: 11918194
    Abstract: An osteotomy calibration method, calibration device, and an orthopedic surgery system are provided by present application. Firstly using the osteotomy calibration device to obtain the calculated position information of the current osteotomy plane, and then determining a position error between the calculated position information and a predetermined position information of a planned osteotomy plane, and if the position error exceeds a preset value, calculating and transmitting a relocation information to a robotic arm to control and relocate the robotic arm. By comparing and identifying the position error between the current osteotomy plane formed by the first osteotomy and the planned predetermined osteotomy plane, relocating the robotic arm, and performing a secondary correction of the osteotomy plane. In addition, by relocating the robotic arm and secondary correction of the osteotomy plane, additional bone nails which is to fix the navigation tool to the bone can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SUZHOU MICROPORT ORTHOBOT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingyang Ma, Feng Sun, Hui Shao, Chao He, Pengfei Liu
  • Patent number: 11924982
    Abstract: A curved display apparatus is provided, including one or more bending portions where the curved display apparatus is bent. At least the one or more bending portions of the curved display apparatus including a stacked structure, which includes a support layer; a display panel on the support layer; and N number of pressure sensitive adhesive layers and M number of flexible base layers between the support layer and the display panel, N is an integer equal to or greater than 3, M is an integer equal to or greater than 2. A first one of the N number of pressure sensitive adhesive layers adheres the support layer and a first one of the M number of flexible base layers together. A last one of the N number of pressure sensitive adhesive layers adheres the display panel and a last one of the M number of flexible base layers together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Liu, Chao Wang, Zhiliang Jiang, Pan Zhao, Qian Ma, Dianjie Hou
  • Patent number: 11918034
    Abstract: A device and method for preparing a fully granular cigarette/filter rod, and a prepared fully granular cigarette/filter rod are disclosed. In certain embodiments, negative pressure is used to adhere granular material onto a mesh-type conveyor belt. The granular material is preliminarily formed into fully granular cigarette/filter rod material by means of a pre-forming apparatus; the fully granular cigarette/filter rod material, traveling with the mesh-type conveyor belt, enters into a forming cavity, and undergoes heating and humidifying treatment, and a continuous solid porous substance is formed; the continuous solid porous substance is moved into the cooling/drying cavity, drying and cooling treatment are performed under the action of negative pressure, and a fully granular cigarette/filter rod with strong adhesion, porosity, permeability, and appropriate moisture is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA TOBACCO HUNAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Jin, Qian Chen, Ke Li, Hongmei Fan, Saibo Yu, Shitai Wang, Chao Tan, Haifeng Tan, Qi Liu
  • Patent number: 11924434
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for mesh coding (e.g., compression and decompression). In some examples, an apparatus for mesh coding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes a plurality of initial maps in two-dimension from a bitstream carrying a three-dimensional (3D) mesh frame. The processing circuitry determines at least two sampling rates associated with different portions of the plurality of initial maps and recovers from the plurality of initial maps and based on the at least two sampling rates associated with the different portions of the plurality of initial maps to obtain a plurality of recovered maps. A first portion of the plurality of initial maps is recovered based on a first sampling rate, and a second portion of the plurality of initial maps is recovered based on a second sampling rate. The processing circuitry reconstructs the 3D mesh frame based on the plurality of recovered maps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Xiang Zhang, Shan Liu, Chao Huang, Jun Tian
  • Patent number: 11920036
    Abstract: A rubber resin material with high dielectric constant and a metal substrate with high dielectric constant are provided. The rubber resin material with high dielectric constant includes a rubber resin composition with high dielectric constant and inorganic fillers. The rubber resin composition with high dielectric constant includes: 40 wt % to 70 wt % of a liquid rubber, 10 wt % to 30 wt % of a polyphenylene ether resin, and 20 wt % to 40 wt % of a crosslinker. A molecular weight of the liquid rubber ranges from 800 g/mol to 6000 g/mol. A dielectric constant of the rubber resin material with high dielectric constant is higher than or equal to 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Te-Chao Liao, Hung-Yi Chang, Chien-Kai Wei, Chia-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 11923082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for predicting gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) of pregnant individuals, wherein the system comprises an operation module, and the operation model comprises a support vector regression model, and the system is used to predict the plasma glucose levels at 1 hour and/or 2 hours of oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) by using a support vector regression developed prediction model generated by substituting the concentration of the biomarkers in fasting blood samples of pregnant individuals. The present invention provides biomarkers and biomarker-based diagnostic models for differential diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), which can be applied to diagnosis or prediction of GDM in early stage and are of great significance to the prevention or treatment of GDM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: HANGZHOU CALIBRA DIAGNOSTICS CO., LTD., HANGZHOU DIAN MEDICAL INSPECTION CENTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huafen Liu, Ziqing Kong, Chao Zhang, Rongchang Chen, Yuning Zhu
  • Patent number: 11920370
    Abstract: The invention relates to a perforating device for thermoplastic plates, which relates to the technical field of a plate processing device. The device comprises an electromagnetic chuck, one side of the electromagnetic chuck is connected with the motion part, the other side of the electromagnetic chuck is connected with a mounting plate and a spike. When the electromagnetic chuck is powered on, the spike is attracted below the mounting plate by the electromagnetic force. A clamping part is arranged below the mounting plate, the thermoplastic plate is fixed by the clamping part, and a heating system is also provided to heat the thermoplastic plate. As the electromagnetic chuck is powered on or off, the spike can be attracted in or separated from the mounting plate, respectively. Therefore, the perforating device can make a new plate be pierced during the cooling and curing process of the perforated plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: China Institute of water Resources and Hydropower Research
    Inventors: Jiahong Liu, Tianxu Song, Chao Mei, Jia Wang, Hao Wang
  • Publication number: 20240073433
    Abstract: Coding information of a mesh is received. The coding information includes a plurality of first coordinates and a plurality of second coordinates corresponding to a plurality of vertices and a texture map that are associated with the mesh. A respective first coordinate and a respective second coordinate associated with each of the plurality of vertices are normalized by adjusting the respective first coordinate based on a first factor and the respective second coordinate based on a second factor. The first factor and the second factor are associated with at least one of (i) a bit depth value indicating a coded range of the first coordinates and the second coordinates and (ii) a size of the texture map. The normalized respective first coordinate and the normalized respective second coordinate are expanded based on the first factor and the second factor respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Jun TIAN, Xiaozhong XU, Chao HUANG, Xiang ZHANG, Shan LIU
  • Publication number: 20240069052
    Abstract: A cartridge preprocessing system applied to an automated molecular diagnostics instrument is provided. The cartridge preprocessing system includes a piercing device and a cleaning device. The piercing device includes a drive assembly and a piercing member, and the drive assembly is configured to control the piercing member to alternately move to a piercing station and a cleaning station. The piercing member is configured to pierce a barrier film of a cartridge that moves to the piercing station, and the cleaning device is configured to clean the piercing member that moves to the cleaning station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: AUTOBIO LABTEC INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao WANG, Peng ZHAO, Pengtao WU, Yang PAN, Yaoji LIU, Zhenkun LI, Cong LIU
  • Publication number: 20240068911
    Abstract: An inertia braking test system and a control method is provided, wherein the inertia braking test system is composed of an inertia brake test system, a sensor system and a tested object. An actuating device is connected with the inertia brake control device through a ball stud. The actuation function of the inertia brake control device with two degrees of freedom along the front-and-rear direction and the up-and-down direction of the vehicle is realized. The movable chassis realizes the mobile function of the system. The acceleration sensor can sense the acceleration of the movable chassis. Each force is tested by the first force sensor, the second force sensor and the third force sensor. The displacement data is measured by the first displacement sensor and the second displacement sensor, so that a movable brake system test is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Changchun Automotive Test Center Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang LIU, Chao NIU, Yongchuang WANG, Bin LIANG, Jingtao ZHANG, Hui JIA, Peng SU, Wanli HU
  • Patent number: 11917868
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method of manufacturing thereof are provided. The organic light emitting diode display device includes a display area and a non-display area. The display area includes a pixel area and a photosensitive area disposed between the pixel areas. The photosensitive area includes a first thin film transistor. The pixel area includes a second thin film transistor, which the same type as the first thin film transistor. The non-display area includes a third thin film transistor, which is a different type from the first thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuyang Liu, Chao Liang
  • Patent number: 11915842
    Abstract: Provided is a flange (100) connected to an end of an insulating tube (10), the flange includes a flange plate (110) abutting the end of the insulating tube, a groove (111) recessed toward inside of the insulating tube is disposed on the flange plate, the groove is connected to the insulating tube, an inflation valve (120) is disposed within the groove, the groove is filled with sealing material (130) which covers the inflation valve. Provided are also insulator and insulated support post using the flange. The flange, the insulator and insulated support post help to protect the inflation valve from external force and the groove is filled with the sealing material to ensure the sealing performance of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU SHEMAR ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Ma, Chao Liu, Jiang Fang, Guiyan Ni, Shuchen Zhou, Xuejun Cai
  • Patent number: 11911698
    Abstract: An animation display method is provided. In the method, a first display area is displayed on a game setting interface of a game application. The first display area is configured to display a first operation flow in the game application. A first picture is displayed in the first display area when the first display area is not selected. The first picture is at least one display picture in the first operation flow. A first animation is played in the first display area when the first display area is selected. The first animation plays at least one group of display pictures in the first operation flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhihong Liu, Chao Liang