Patents by Inventor Chao Zhang

Chao 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).

  • Publication number: 20210130234
    Abstract: A method and system for producing low-alkalinity sulphoaluminate cement with a new mineral system using steel slag. The method includes the following steps: evenly mixing and homogenizing ground steel slag with dry desulfurization gypsum, aluminum ash and carbide slag according to a set ratio; and conveying the homogenized raw meal to a rotary kiln for calcination to obtain cement clinker, where the calcination temperature is 1200° C.-1270° C., and the calcination time is 20-60 min; the alkalinity modulus of the homogenized cement raw meal is 0.81-0.9, and the Fe2O3 content is 8-13%. The method breaks through the requirements on contents of calcium, aluminum and iron in traditional sulphoaluminate cement production, and realizes application of a large amount of steel slag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xujiang WANG, Wenlong WANG, Jingwei LI, Yanpeng MAO, Chao ZHANG, Changliang WU
  • Publication number: 20210109187
    Abstract: Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices associated with detecting and locating sounds are provided. For example, sound data associated with sounds can be received. The sounds can include source sounds and background sounds received by microphones. Based on the sound data, time differences can be determined. Each of the time differences can include a time difference between receipt of a source sound and receipt of a background sound at each of the microphones respectively. A set of the source sounds can be synchronized based on the time differences. An amplified source sound can be generated based on a combination of the synchronized set of the source sounds. A source location of the source sounds can be determined based on the amplified source sound. Based on the source location, control signals can be generated in order to change actions performed by an autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Owen Watt, Ashutosh Ghosh, Chao Zhang, Jacob Fetter
  • Patent number: 10977509
    Abstract: An image processing method implemented by a processor includes receiving an image, acquiring a target image that includes an object from the image, calculating an evaluation score by evaluating a quality of the target image, and detecting the object from the target image based on the evaluation score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Feng, Jae-Joon Han, Changkyu Choi, Chao Zhang, Jingtao Xu, Yanhu Shan, Yaozu An
  • Publication number: 20210074735
    Abstract: A thin film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The thin film transistor is provided on a base substrate and includes: an active layer including a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other, in which the second surface is closer to the base substrate than the first surface; and a source-drain electrode layer including a source electrode and a drain electrode which are separated from each other and are respectively connected with the active layer; each of the first surface and the second surface is a non-flat surface, and the non-flat surface includes a plurality of depressions and a plurality of protrusions which are alternately arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hongru ZHOU, Zhonghao HUANG, Xu WU, Chao ZHANG, Kai WANG
  • Patent number: 10941334
    Abstract: A foam solution for profile control and plugging in heavy oil thermal recovery process, a preparation method thereof, and a method for profile control and plugging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Zhaomin Li, Xingchang Xue, Zhaohui Shang, Haifeng He, Linghui Xi, Mingxuan Wu
  • Patent number: 10929440
    Abstract: A traditional Chinese medicine knowledge graph, a method for establishing a traditional Chinese medicine knowledge graph, and a computer system. The method for establishing the traditional Chinese medicine knowledge graph comprises collecting original data from a traditional Chinese medicine database. The method comprises processing the original data to obtain structural data. The method comprises extracting an entity and an attribute from the structural data. The method comprises constructing the traditional Chinese medicine knowledge graph by utilizing the entity and attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10929180
    Abstract: Embodiments of the preset disclosure provide a task scheduling method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method comprises traversing tasks in a current queue, and obtaining current values of current state information and a frequency parameter for each task that has been traversed, wherein the frequency parameter is a preset parameter for indicating a scheduled frequency of a corresponding task; selecting a task with the minimum scheduled frequency in the tasks having the current state information indicating an executable state as a target task according to the current values of the current state information and the frequency parameter for each task; and executing the selected target task, and updating the current value of the frequency parameter corresponding to the target task after the target task is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiankang Xin, Zhuo Chen, Baisheng Wang, Wei He, Kaiwen Feng, Chao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210040860
    Abstract: The turbine blade includes an airfoil, a root connected to the airfoil and having lobed edges spaced apart on laterally opposed sides of an axis extending axially through the root, and an air passage extending through the airfoil and the root. A first tab extends at least partially along and laterally outward from a first edge of the laterally opposed lobed edges, and a second tab extending at least partially along and laterally outward from a second edge of the laterally opposed lobed edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventor: Chao ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10915412
    Abstract: Systems and methods for live migration of a virtual machine are provided. The methods include: copying, by a destination physical machine according to a recorded dirty page table, dirty memory pages corresponding to dirty memory page identifiers in the dirty page table to a source physical machine when live migration of a virtual machine fails in a delayed-copy mode, and updating and storing, by the source physical machine, the copied dirty memory pages. When live migration of a virtual machine fails, dirty memory pages corresponding to dirty memory page identifiers in a dirty page table are copied to a source physical machine to be updated and stored, so that the source physical machine has complete and the latest memory pages, and the virtual machine can roll back to and run independently on the source physical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventor: Chao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210023541
    Abstract: A multicomponent photocatalyst includes a reactive component optically, electronically, or thermally coupled to a plasmonic material. A method of performing a catalytic reaction includes loading a multicomponent photocatalyst including a reactive component optically, electronically, or thermally coupled to a plasmonic material into a reaction chamber; introducing molecular reactants into the reaction chamber; and illuminating the reaction chamber with a light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Nancy Jean Halas, Peter Nordlander, Hossein Robatjazi, Dayne Francis Swearer, Chao Zhang, Hangqi Zhao, Linan Zhou
  • Patent number: 10902244
    Abstract: A processor implemented image processing method includes acquiring a facial image by performing a face detection on an image, performing a quality assessment on the facial image using a preset facial image regression model, and determining a quality level of the facial image based on the quality assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaozu An, Jae-Joon Han, Changkyu Choi, Chao Zhang, Hao Feng, Jingtao Xu, Yanhu Shan
  • Publication number: 20210017865
    Abstract: A single-crystal turbine blade and a method of making such single-crystal turbine blade are disclosed. During manufacturing, a secondary crystallographic orientation of the material of the single-crystal turbine blade is controlled based on a parameter of a root fillet between an airfoil of the single-crystal turbine blade and a platform of the single-crystal turbine blade. The parameter can be a location of peak stress in the root fillet expected during use of the turbine blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Chao ZHANG, Robert HUSZAR, Othmane LEGHZAOUNI
  • Publication number: 20210012567
    Abstract: A computer vision method for processing an omnidirectional image to extract understanding of a scene, the method comprising: receiving an omnidirectional image of a scene; mapping the omnidirectional image to a mesh on a three-dimensional polyhedron; convert the three dimensional polyhedron into a representation of a neighbourhood structure, wherein the representation of a neighbourhood structure represents vertices of said mesh and their neighbouring vertices; and processing the representation of the neighbourhood structure with a neural network processing stage to produce an output providing understanding of the scene, wherein the neural network processing stage comprising at least one module configured to perform convolution with a filter, aligned with a reference axis of the three-dimensional polyhedron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Chao ZHANG, Stephan Liwicki
  • Publication number: 20210005990
    Abstract: A multichannel connector assembly includes a plug connector comprising an insulation body, a plurality of conductive terminals, and a shield housing enclosing outside the insulation body, and a socket connector comprising an insulation base, a plurality of docking terminals housed in the insulation base, and a shell enclosing outside the insulation base. The shell includes an inter-buckling portion elastically deformable and provided with an inter-buckling protruding portion and an inter-contacting protruding portion. The inter-buckling protruding portion is capable of engaging with an opposite connector, and the inter-contacting protruding portion is capable of forming a grounded potential connection to the opposite connector by elastically deforming. A ring side portion provided by the shield housing, the base portion and the side end portions provided by the insolation body encircle to form a cut-off region where the conductive terminal soldering portion is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Sean Zhang, Sam Zhao, Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10887125
    Abstract: A voice controlled device comprises a housing, a dock, a coupling mechanism, and a microphone. The dock is configured to connect the housing to a plurality of host appliances. The coupling mechanism is configured to receive an identification value indicative of docking between the voice controlled device and a currently connected host appliance of the plurality of host appliances. The microphone is configured to receive one or more voice inputs for the currently connected host appliance. A command is provided based on the one or more voice inputs and the identification value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Rafael Rexach, Jessica Schroeder, Miguel Arciniega, Ashley Springer, Shi Chao Zhang, Marwan Estiban
  • Patent number: 10887729
    Abstract: A method is provided that includes accessing, by a server provider server of a service provider, a database storing associations between network addresses and locations. Additionally, the method includes determining a subset of the database corresponding to a first network address, each association included in the subset corresponding to an association between the first network address and a respective location. The method also includes in response to determining that the subset of the database satisfies one or more clustering criteria, calculating a representative location corresponding to the first network address, and storing an association between the first network address and the representative location in a second database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Xin Li, Jun Zhang, Yang Yu, Xiaohan Yun, Chao Zhang, Frédéric Tu, Zhijun Ling, Libin Sun, Christopher Tang
  • Publication number: 20200409754
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to scheduling program tasks in a server computer system. An example server computer system is configured to maintain first and second sets of task queues that have different performance characteristics, and to collect performance metrics relating to processing of program tasks from the first and second sets of task queues. Based on the collected performance metrics, the server computer system is further configured to update a scheduling algorithm for assigning program tasks to queues in the first and second sets of task queues. In response to receiving a particular program task associated with a user transaction, the server computer system is also configured to select the first set of task queues for the particular program task, and to assign the particular program task in a particular task queue in the first set of task queues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Xin Li, Libin Sun, Chao Zhang, Xiaohan Yun, Jun Zhang, Frédéric Tu, Yang Yu, Lei Wang, Zhijun Ling
  • Patent number: 10877012
    Abstract: A system, a computer readable storage medium, and a method for automatically siting for air quality monitoring stations includes collecting from air quality monitoring stations air pollution concentration data, collecting from meteorological stations meteorological data, and interpolating, by the at least one or more processors, the air pollution concentration data to provide interpolated air pollution concentration data. The method and system can further cluster the interpolated air pollution concentration data and the meteorological data to provide clustered data and select a candidate site for an air monitoring station using the clustered data. The method and system can further evaluate a relationship of the air pollution concentration data with the meteorological data by weighting the air pollution data with the meteorological data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Dong, Xiao Guang Rui, Jian Yao, Wen Jun Yin, Chao Zhang, Xin Zhang, Yu Xin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200385239
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an escalator monitoring system, which includes a data collection device disposed near the parts of the escalator that require monitoring in order to collect data the parts relevant to the operation of the escalator, a data transmittal device used to send the collected data, a cloud processor used to receive the data, to compare the data against threshold data of the parts obtained under normal operating conditions stored in the database of the cloud processor, and to respond based on the comparison result. The present invention can collect the data and analyze it in any environment independent of subjective human judgment, predict possible failure without the need to stop the operation of the escalator, save maintenance time, reduce associated cost, and thus improve its safety and ride comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tao YE, Wenke DENG, Chao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200361865
    Abstract: A 25-hydroxycholecalciferol monohydrate crystal, a preparation method thereof, and a microemulsion using the 25-hydroxycholecalciferol monohydrate crystal. The X-ray powder diffraction spectrum of the 25-hydroxycholecalciferol monohydrate crystal of the present disclosure shows characteristic peaks at 2? of 10.035°, 11.623°, 14.631°, 15.054°, 15.551°, 16.471°, 17.198°, 19.002°, 19.628°, 20.109°, 21.886°, 23.113°, 23.661°, 24.701°, 25.220°, 25.440°, and 28.527°. The 25-hydroxycholecalciferol monohydrate crystal can effectively enhance the stability of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, and is more beneficial to the production and storage of related preparations, and thus biological characteristics of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol can be effectively utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicants: SHANDONG HAINENG BIOENGINEERING CO., LTD., SHANDONG HAINENG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei TANG, Jindang CAO, Xin LI, Chao ZHANG, Hao LUO, Qiangqiang LI, Zhi CAO, Liang SHU