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: 20180137832
    Abstract: Provided are voltage compensation circuit, voltage compensation method thereof, display panel and display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Jianming WANG, Liugang ZHOU, Shou LI, Luqiang GUO, Jian ZHANG, Chao ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9963166
    Abstract: A steering power system for an electric vehicle and a method for controlling same are provided. The steering power system includes: a steering motor; a steering motor controller, configured to control the steering motor; a high voltage power battery, configured to output a first voltage; a low voltage storage battery, configured to output a second voltage; a buck DC-DC converter, configured to convert the first voltage into the second voltage for being supplied to the low voltage storage battery when a high voltage system works; and a boost DC-DC converter, configured to convert the second voltage into the first voltage. When the high voltage system has an abnormal power failure, the boost DC-DC converter converts the second voltage outputted from the low voltage storage battery into the first voltage for being supplied to the steering motor controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Jinze Xu, Xingchi Wu, Wengang Luo, Chao Zhang, Hongjun Wang, Zhenpai Luan
  • Patent number: 9965503
    Abstract: Disclosed are a computer-implemented method for generating a data cube from data, a system and a computer program product. The method comprises selecting a candidate granularity from a plurality of candidate granularities determined for a dimension of the data cube, where a data distribution obtained in the selected candidate granularity satisfies a predetermined condition; and generating the data cube based on the selected candidate granularity for the dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yao Liang Chen, Wei Shan Dong, Wen Ting Mo, Chunhua Tian, Wen Yi Xiao, Junchi Yan, Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9963822
    Abstract: A multilayer structure including (a) a fabric, (b) a polyurethane foam containing a plurality of cells defined therein, wherein the foam contains at least one surfactant, and (c) a skin layer, wherein the skin layer comprises a wetting agent and an acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature of ?20 degree Celsius or less, and the foam resides between the fabric and the skin layer; and the process of preparing the multilayer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Yunfei Yan, Ning Kang, Jiansheng Feng, Qian Shen, Chao Zhang, Weichao Gu, Hong Liang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180123581
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a control circuit may be configured to form a switching signal to switch a power transistor at a frequency to regulate an output voltage of the power supply to a target value wherein the control circuit is configured to operate in a normal operating mode and a start-up mode and wherein the control circuit is configured to switch the switching signal at a target frequency in response to operating in the normal operating mode. A first circuit may be configured to control the frequency of the switching signal to increase from a first frequency to a second frequency that is less than the target frequency in response to operating in the start-up mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Chen-Hua CHIU, Guang-Chao ZHANG, Mao-Sheng LIN, HyeongSeok BAEK
  • Patent number: 9961171
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an electronic device and an electronic device, to enable the electronic device to autonomously deform to be matched with an accommodating space thereof, thereby improving intelligence of the electronic device and providing good user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Chao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180111929
    Abstract: Compounds active on protein kinases are described, as well as methods of using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of protein kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Prabha N. Ibrahim, Dean R. Artis, Ryan Bremer, Gaston Habets, Shumeye Mamo, Marika Nespi, Chao Zhang, Jiazhong Zhang, Yong-Liang Zhu, Rebecca Zuckerman, Brian West, Yoshisa Suzuki, James Tsai, Klaus-Peter Hirth, Gideon Bollag, Wayne Spevak, Hanna Cho, Samuel J. Gillette, Guoxian Wu, Hongyao Zhu, Shenghua Shi
  • Patent number: 9946395
    Abstract: A user interface method and apparatus are provided. A user interface method of a smart device includes receiving an electrical signal from an electromyography (EMG) sensor worn on a user, determining a user input based on the received electrical signal and position information about a determined position of a detected touch of the user on a touch screen, and controlling operation of the smart device in response to the determined user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Xuetao Feng, Yang Liu, Chisung Bae, Sang-joon Kim
  • Patent number: 9945083
    Abstract: A unidirectionally bendable transmission chain. At a first side thereof, an inner stop plate is fixed between a pair of inner chain plates at both ends of pin shafts, and an outer stop plate is fixed between a pair of outer chain plates at both ends of the pin shafts. Both ends of the inner stop plate are flush with axes of pin holes provided at both ends of the inner chain plates, and both ends of the outer stop plate are respectively provided with extensions beyond the outer chain plates; the extensions of the outer stop plate form a one-sided support for the inner stop plate to prevent the transmission chain from bending toward the first side, thus the transmission chain bends unidirectionally toward a second side opposite to the first side. A hoisting mechanism and a liftable roadblock having the above transmission chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hefei University of Technology
    Inventors: Mansheng Dong, Chao Zhang, Qin Shi, Yikai Chen, Zhibin Sun, Fei Tang, Shuqin Li, Shangding Gu
  • Publication number: 20180101168
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product, include obtaining a dataset related to a power grid collected by a plurality of sensors distributed in the power grid, identifying a region as a candidate fault region based on first data in the dataset, the first data being collected by a first sensor from among the plurality of sensors that is located in the region, and verifying the candidate fault region based on second data in the dataset, the second data being collected by a second sensor from among the plurality of sensors that is adjacent to the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Xin Jie Lv, Lingyun Wang, Wei Da Xu, Chao Zhang, Ke Xu Zou
  • Publication number: 20180099975
    Abstract: Compounds active on protein kinases and methods for regulating protein kinase pathways are described, as well as methods of using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of protein kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Klaus-Peter Hirth, Prabha N. Ibrahim, Marika Nespi, Songyuan Shi, Wayne Spevak, Gaston G. Habets, Elizabeth A. Burton
  • Publication number: 20180095789
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system for scheduling I/O resources of a virtual machine. During operation, in response to receiving a plurality of I/O requests, the system identifies a plurality of target virtual disks to which the I/O requests are to be sent, wherein a virtual disk corresponds to a previously created I/O queue. The system assigns a respective I/O request to the corresponding I/O queue for an identified target virtual disk. The system schedules I/O resources to be used by the respective I/O request based on a scheduling parameter that corresponds to the identified target virtual disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventor: Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9935341
    Abstract: A method for controlling a power battery is provided. The method includes: detecting a maximum temperature and a minimum temperature of the plurality of single cells, a plurality of first temperatures of positive electrodes and/or a plurality of second temperatures of negative electrodes, and a plurality of third temperatures of cores; determining whether the plurality of first temperatures and/or the plurality of second temperatures are within a first temperature range; determining whether the plurality of third temperatures are within a second temperature range; managing the power battery; and determining that a connection failure occurs in the power battery if one of the plurality of first temperatures and/or one of the plurality of second temperatures is not within the first temperature range; and determining a core related failure if the third temperature of a first single cell is not within the second temperature range. Further, a system for controlling a power battery is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Fangfang Bu, Hongjun Wang, Chao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180088253
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product, include determining a first region based on a first point, a second point and a third point associated with temperature indication information that represents association relationship between temperature and pressure, the first and second points being associated with a same temperature value and different pressure values, a temperature inversion ending at the first point, and the temperature inversion starting from the third point, determining, within the first region, a second region associated with the temperature inversion, and predicting atmospheric condition based on the first and second regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: LIANG LIU, JUNMEI QU, XIAO GUANG RUI, LINGYUN WANG, CHAO ZHANG, WEI ZHUANG
  • Patent number: 9928770
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a display effect and an electronic apparatus that includes a frame body, a fixing device, and a functional main body section. The functional main body section includes a display device disposed in the frame body. When a user views a first display content in the first display region in a first interactive mode, a light beam emitted by the display device is incident upon the user's eyes so that the user perceives a first perception picture. The display parameter of the display device is adjusted by obtaining the adjustment parameter for instructing to adjust the display effect of the first perception picture, and thereby generating the corresponding control signal, so that a current display effect of the first perception picture is different from a display effect of the first perception picture before the adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Chao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180066126
    Abstract: A transparent pressure sensing film is provided having a matrix polymer; and, a plurality of hybrid particles; wherein the plurality of hybrid particles are disposed in the matrix polymer; wherein each hybrid particle in the plurality of hybrid particles, comprises a plurality of primary particles bonded together with an inorganic binder; wherein an electrical resistivity of the transparent pressure sensing film is variable in response to an applied pressure having a z-component directed along the thickness of the transparent pressure sensing film such that the electrical resistivity is reduced in response to the z-component of the applied pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Minbiao Hu, Peng Gao, Chao Zhang, Daniel L. Dermody, Yang Liu, Tong Sun, Xiang Geng, Peter Trefonas, III, Michael E. Hus, Liang Chen, Zhuo Wang
  • Publication number: 20180067602
    Abstract: A transparent pressure sensing film composition is provided having a matrix polymer; and, a plurality of conductive particles; wherein the matrix polymer comprises 25 to 100 wt % of an alkyl cellulose; and, wherein an electrical resistivity of the transparent pressure sensing film is variable in response to an applied pressure having a z-component directed along the thickness of the transparent pressure sensing film such that the electrical resistivity is reduced in response to the z-component of the applied pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Peng Gao, Minbiao Hu, Daniel L. Dermody, Tong Sun, Zhuo Wang, Peter Trefonas, III, Michael E. Hus, Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 9905566
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter provides a mask read-only memory (M-ROM) device and fabrication method thereof. In an M-ROM device, a first layer having a first type doping is formed in a substrate. A plurality of buried lines is formed in the first layer of the substrate. The plurality of buried lines are arranged in parallel in a first direction and isolated from each other. An epitaxial growth process is used to form a second layer on the first layer of the substrate. A plurality of diodes is formed in the second layer. The plurality of diodes is arranged in an array. Each diode includes a first electrode having a second type doping and connecting with one of the plurality of buried lines, and a second electrode having a first type doping and located on the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Yipeng Chan
  • Publication number: 20180052547
    Abstract: A composite transparent pressure sensing film is provided having a matrix polymer wherein the matrix polymer is a combination of 25 to 75 wt % of an alkyl cellulose and 75 to 25 wt % of a polysiloxane; and, a plurality of hybrid particles, wherein each hybrid particle in the plurality of hybrid particles, comprises a plurality of primary particles bonded together with an inorganic binder; wherein the plurality of hybrid particles are disposed in the matrix polymer; wherein an electrical resistivity of the composite transparent pressure sensing film is variable in response to an applied pressure having a z-component directed along the thickness of the composite transparent pressure sensing film such that the electrical resistivity is reduced in response to the z-component of the applied pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Minbiao Hu, Peng Gao, Chao Zhang, Daniel L. Dermody, Tong Sun, Yang Liu, Xiang Geng, Peter Trefonas, III, Michael E. Hus, Liang Chen, Zhuo Wang
  • Publication number: 20180047483
    Abstract: An assembly and a method for manufacturing an insulation layer of an electrical conductor are presented. The electrical conductor is enclosed in a cavity of a mold. Spacers embedded into holes of the mold are movable into the cavity for holding the electrical conductor in the cavity to maintain a gap between the electrical conductor and surface of the cavity. Distance of the gap is defined by thickness of the insulation layer. Spacers are movable into the holes of the mold from the cavity to maintain even surface of the cavity. Insulation compound fills entire gap and is cured to form the insulation layer having homogenous thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Robert E. Ashley, III