Patents by Inventor Chao Zou
Chao Zou 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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Publication number: 20250148746Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a chemical shift coded imaging method based on a transition region and regional iterative phasor extraction. Acquiring an initial image, and determining an initial phasor solution of the transition region based on the initial image; performing regional iterative phasor extraction in at least two set directions by taking the initial phasor solution as initial information, and obtaining a target phasor solution based on a regional iterative phasor extraction result corresponding to each set direction; and determining a first chemical composition signal and a second chemical composition signal based on the target phasor solution, and performing chemical shift coded imaging based on the first chemical composition signal and/or the second chemical composition signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Hao PENG, Chao ZOU, Chuanli CHENG, Xin LIU, Hairong ZHENG
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Patent number: 12294813Abstract: A distributed image analysis method performed by a distributed image analysis system comprising a plurality of first servers and a second server.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Ting Lei, Chao Zou
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Publication number: 20250142319Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices, and systems for acknowledgment (ACK) processing associated with medium access control (MAC) header verification, payload verification, or both. Some aspects more specifically relate to a first wireless device advertising a processing capability associated with performing MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) verification, including MAC header verification, payload verification, or both. In some implementations, the processing capability may include a processing latency to perform the verification, a threshold quantity of MPDUs supported for the verification within a short interframe spacing (SIFS) time interval, or both. The first wireless device may transmit an indication of the processing capability to a second wireless device. In some implementations, the second wireless device may transmit MPDUs to the first wireless device in accordance with the processing capability.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Abhishek Pramod PATIL, Sai Yiu Duncan HO, Alfred ASTERJADHI, George CHERIAN, Gaurang NAIK, Naveen Kumar KAKANI, Niranjan REGATTE, Nandkishore PAI, Chao ZOU
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Patent number: 12218450Abstract: To support a large current, a circuit board may be a hybrid card, with a signal portion formed using a conventional PCB manufacturing techniques and a power portion formed with one or more blades mechanically coupled to the signal portion. The blade (s) may be metal plates. The hybrid card may be usable with a hybrid edge connector that includes an insulative housing with a slot lined with signal terminals, in a signal portion, and power terminals in a power portion. The power terminals may be made with multiple layers, with each layer formed into one or more fingers. Each finger may be configured to make contact with an edge of a blade inserted in the slot such that each terminal has multiple contact points to the blade and can carry a large current. The slot in the connector housing may have different widths in the signal and power portions and the center lines of those portions may be offset with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: FCI USA LLCInventors: Charles Copper, Rupert Fry, Jr., Rongzhe Guo, Clarence Randall Fry, Chao Zou
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Publication number: 20250031975Abstract: A temperature measuring method and apparatus based on creatine chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging. The method comprises the following steps: (1) performing creatine CEST imaging on a creatine phantom, and analyzing a chemical shift of creatine relative to water in the creatine phantom; (2) fitting a mathematical relation between the chemical shift of the creatine relative to water and the temperature; and (3) performing CEST imaging on creatine in a sample, and calculating the temperature according to the mathematical relation, fitted in step (2), between the chemical shift of the creatine relative to water and the temperature. In the temperature measuring method, the creatine is taken as an endogenous reference, and highly-spatial-resolution, highly-sensitive, and non-invasive absolute temperature measurement can be implemented by means of temperature dependence of a CEST effect of Cr and water.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGYInventors: Lijuan Zhang, Chao Zou, Siqi Cai, Shihui Zhou, Yang Zhou, Hairong Zheng, Xin Liu
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Publication number: 20250015528Abstract: A power terminal includes first and second conductive sheets. The first conductive sheet includes a first joining portion, first fingers extending from the first joining portion, and a first mounting portion extending from the first joining portion and configured to mount to a substrate. The first fingers have hooked ends connected to the first joining portion by first beams. The second conductive sheet includes a second joining portion, second fingers extending from the second joining portion, and a second mounting portion extending from the second joining portion and configured to mount to the substrate. The two second fingers have curved ends connected to the second joining portion by second beams. The hooked ends and the curved ends include contact surfaces configured to contact a same side of a card. At least one of the first and second mounting portions includes at least two mounting tails.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: FCI USA LLCInventors: Rongzhe Guo, Clarence Randall Fry, Chao Zou
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Publication number: 20240430151Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include industrial network-based codeless tracking analytics methods for industrial software. Some methods include: identifying an industrial intranet topology through detection, and generating a configuration map of the industrial field according to the topology and/or an application program running list of the software; injecting a sidecar agent for codeless runtime tracking to an edge device of a target field device in the industrial field according to the configuration map, and performing data synchronization for the edge device and the sidecar agent corresponding to the edge device, at least one tracking point existing between the target edge device and the sidecar agent corresponding to the target edge device, and the target edge device running at least one application program of the industrial software; and obtaining analysis data from the tracking point when the target edge device runs an application program therein, to analyze the industrial software.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Zhen Hua Zhou, Wen Chao Zou, Shao Tu Jia, Tao Fei
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Patent number: 12177911Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for synchronous channel access control of a wireless system. In some aspects, a device may use a TWT session to communicate with a second device during one or more TWT service periods. Uplink and downlink communications may be coordinated to both be in a TWT service period to allow a device to enter a low power mode outside of the TWT service period. The TWT session, including the service periods, may be configured and managed by the device or the second device to ensure the communications associated with an XR experience between the devices (such as pose data frames or tracking frames provided as uplink data and video data frames provided as downlink data) meet latency requirements or other requirements for the XR experience. Use of TWT service periods allows other devices to use the wireless medium outside of the TWT service periods.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Qi Xue, Srinivas Katar, Chao Zou, Naveen Gangadharan, Neelakantan Nurani Krishnan, Sandip Homchaudhuri, Xiaolong Huang, Anish Ashok
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Publication number: 20240396970Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a system for PLC connection. An example system may include: an automatic converter set on a third-party platform; a local adapter set on a local computer to access locally stored PLC information; and a set of intelligent communication interface adapters set on respective edge devices to access a PLC through a communication protocol connector compatible with multiple industrial networks. The automatic converter obtains information of each respective edge device through the intelligent communication interface adapter, and obtains information of each PLC through the local adapter and/or corresponding intelligent communication interface adapter. Based on a preset voting mechanism, the converter triggers the edge devices and the PLC for connectivity detection and voting, and select an individual edge device and a PLC to be connected according to the number of votes of each respective edge device and each PLC.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Zhen Hua Zhou, Wen Chao Zou, Hai Feng Wang
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Publication number: 20240368266Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies binding to human interleukin-2 (hIL-2). The invention more specifically relates to humanized antibodies specifically binding a particular epitope of hIL-2 and, when bound to this epitope, displaying a unique capability of inhibiting binding of hIL-2 to CD25.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: Universität ZürichInventors: Natalia Arenas-Ramirez, Iwan Beuvink, Onur Boyman, Barbara Brannetti, Andreas Katopodis, Simone Popp, Catherine Regnier, Chao Zou
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Publication number: 20240322465Abstract: High density card edge connectors with hybrid interface for both signal and power transmissions. The connectors can provide both high-quality, high-speed signal transmission and high power transmission, while being backward compatible with physical requirements set by already defined industry standards (e.g., current version of SFF-TA-1002—Rev 1.3). A connector can have a type of conductive elements configured for high speed signal transmission (e.g., up to 112 GT/s), and another type of conductive elements configured for high power transmission (e.g., up to 200 W) while still satisfying the requirements on the quality of signals transmitted by the signal conductive elements at high speed. The connector housing can have multiple ports and wider channels in at least one port, such that signal and power conductive elements can be disposed in a same port with the power conductive elements disposed in the wider channels and signal conductive elements disposed outside the wider channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Peng Huang, Luyun Yi, Zhineng Fan, Chao Zou
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Patent number: 12027155Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for automatically adding sound effects into an audio file. At least one trigger word may be identified from text content corresponding to the audio file (1210). Context information of the at least one trigger word may be determined from the text content (1220). It may be decided, based on the context information of the at least one trigger word, that sound effect addition is applicable the at least one trigger word (1230). A sound effect corresponding to the at least one trigger word may be selected from a sound effect library (1240). The sound effect may be integrated into the audio file (1250).Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Chao Zou, Ruihua Song, Wei Liu, Min Zeng
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Patent number: 12009613Abstract: A power terminal includes first and second conductive sheets. The first conductive sheet includes a first joining portion, first fingers extending from the first joining portion, and a first mounting portion extending from the first joining portion and configured to mount to a substrate. The first fingers have hooked ends connected to the first joining portion by first beams. The second conductive sheet includes a second joining portion, second fingers extending from the second joining portion, and a second mounting portion extending from the second joining portion and configured to mount to the substrate. The two second fingers have curved ends connected to the second joining portion by second beams. The hooked ends and the curved ends include contact surfaces configured to contact a same side of a card. At least one of the first and second mounting portions includes at least two mounting tails.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: FCI USA LLCInventors: Rongzhe Guo, Clarence Randall Fry, Chao Zou
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Publication number: 20240178594Abstract: An electrical connector includes conductive terminals arranged to contact pads of a card inserted into the electrical connector. Each conductive terminal includes tiers of fingers configured to contact the card. The tiers of fingers include at least an outer tier of outer fingers and an inner tier of inner fingers. The outer tier may be parallel to the inner tier and may be parallel to a row direction. Contact surfaces of the outer fingers of the outer tier may be aligned in at least a first row parallel to the row direction. Contact surfaces of the inner fingers of the inner tier may be aligned in at least a second row different from and parallel to the first row. The conductive terminals may be arrayed along opposites sides of a card receiving slot so as to contact first and second sides of a card inserted into the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chao Zou, Yanming Cheng
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Publication number: 20240152500Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a graph transformation method of a function block chain. The method may include: extracting a plurality of function block pairs from a function block chain, wherein the function block chain comprises a plurality of function blocks connected in sequence; respectively transforming the function block pairs into nodes; transforming the nodes into directed acyclic graphs or undirected acyclic graphs; and building a graph of the function block chain based on the directed acyclic graphs/undirected acyclic graphs and a weight served by the count.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wen Chao Zou, Hai Feng Wang
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Publication number: 20240145959Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrical connector includes (a) inserting a first end of an electrically conductive terminal into a compartment of an insulative housing; (b) inserting joining plates of the terminal into a slot of the compartment; and (c) seating the joining plates in the slot such that portions of lateral edges of the joining plates abut slot endwalls and such that opposite surfaces of the slot prevent the joining plates from separating from each other. The seating of the joining plates includes sliding the joining plates into the slot such that slot ledges of the slot abut protrusions extending from a surface of the joining plates. After the seating of the joining plates, the slot ledges and a slot wall exert a compressive force on the joining plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yanming Cheng, Chao Zou
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Publication number: 20240114415Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communication at a wireless node, generally including communicating, via a first link, with a first access point (AP) device affiliated with a single mobility domain (SMD) entity, outputting, for transmission to the first AP device, a first message including a first indication that the wireless node is initiating a handover of the wireless node from the first AP device to a second AP device affiliated with the SMD entity, communicating with the second AP device via a second link during the handover after obtaining a second indication that context information has been transferred from the first AP device to the second AP device, and disabling the first link with the first AP device after obtaining a third indication that triggers the wireless node to disable the first link with the first AP device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Sai Yiu Duncan HO, George CHERIAN, Alfred ASTERJADHI, Abhishek Pramod PATIL, Abdel Karim AJAMI, Yanjun SUN, Gaurang NAIK, Srinivas KATAR, Vincent Knowles JONES, IV, Sandip HOMCHAUDHURI, Chao ZOU, Qiang FAN
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Patent number: 11936473Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media that support station performance enhancement with multi-link operations. An example method may include determining at least one network metric related to at least one link between a station (STA) and access points (APs) and determining at least one connection parameter related to at least one application operating on the STA. The method may include selecting a mode of multi-link operations based at least in part on the network metric and the connection parameter, wherein the mode of multi-link operations comprises one or more of: a multi-link mode in which the STA operates over a first link and a second link at a same time or a single-link mode in which the STA operates over one of the first or second links and communicating with the one or more APs according to the selected mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sandip Homchaudhuri, Srinivas Katar, Chao Zou, Alireza Raissinia, Lei Li, Deepak Nagawade
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Publication number: 20240049308Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for synchronous channel access control of a wireless system. In some aspects, a device may use a TWT session to communicate with a second device during one or more TWT service periods. Uplink and downlink communications may be coordinated to both be in a TWT service period to allow a device to enter a low power mode outside of the TWT service period. The TWT session, including the service periods, may be configured and managed by the device or the second device to ensure the communications associated with an XR experience between the devices (such as pose data frames or tracking frames provided as uplink data and video data frames provided as downlink data) meet latency requirements or other requirements for the XR experience. Use of TWT service periods allows other devices to use the wireless medium outside of the TWT service periods.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Qi XUE, Srinivas KATAR, Chao ZOU, Naveen GANGADHARAN, Neelakantan NURANI KRISHNAN, Sandip HOMCHAUDHURI, Xiaolong HUANG, Anish ASHOK
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Patent number: 11851484Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies binding to human interleukin-2 (hIL-2). The invention more specifically relates to humanized antibodies specifically binding a particular epitope of hIL-2 and, when bound to this epitope, displaying a unique capability of inhibiting binding of hIL-2 to CD25.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICHInventors: Natalia Arenas-Ramirez, Iwan Beuvink, Onur Boyman, Barbara Brannetti, Andreas Katopodis, Simone Popp, Catherine Regnier, Chao Zou