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).

  • Publication number: 20200161791
    Abstract: The connection terminal of the present invention includes an insertion end portion, a tail portion, and a connection block. The insertion end portion includes at least two first terminals configured apart from each other. The first terminal includes a first pin and a second pin, and a length of the first pin is greater than the length of the second pin. Fixing ends of the first pin and the second pin contact each other and pass through the connection block to connect with the tail portion. Free ends of the first pin and the second pin are separated from each other, and are both bent and protruded toward an inner side of the insertion end portion, so as to form a first contact point and a second contact point at the free ends of the first pin and the second pin, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Amphenol Commercial Products (ChengDu) Co.LTD
    Inventors: Chao ZOU, Rongzhe GUO
  • Patent number: 10637175
    Abstract: The connection terminal of the present invention includes an insertion end portion, a tail portion, and a connection block. The insertion end portion includes at least two first terminals configured apart from each other. The first terminal includes a first pin and a second pin, and a length of the first pin is greater than the length of the second pin. Fixing ends of the first pin and the second pin contact each other and pass through the connection block to connect with the tail portion. Free ends of the first pin and the second pin are separated from each other, and are both bent and protruded toward an inner side of the insertion end portion, so as to form a first contact point and a second contact point at the free ends of the first pin and the second pin, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Amphenol Commercial Products (ChengDu) Co. LTD
    Inventors: Chao Zou, Rongzhe Guo
  • Patent number: 10459052
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic resonance chemical-shift-encoded imaging method, apparatus, and device, belonging to the technical field of magnetic resonance imaging. The method comprises: in a phasor-error plot established on the basis of a two-point magnetic resonance signal model, determining to be an initial seed point a pixel having a unique phasor and causing said plot to reach a minimal local value; according to the initial seed point, estimating the phasor value of a to-be-estimated pixel to obtain a field map; mapping and merging the field map at the highest resolution to obtain a reconstructed field map; determining a reconstructed seed point from the reconstructed field map, and estimating the reconstructed seed point to obtain the phasor value of the reconstructed to-be-estimated pixel; according to the reconstructed seed point and the phasor value of the reconstructed to-be-estimated pixel, obtaining two separate images having predetermined components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Hairong Zheng, Xin Liu, Chuanli Cheng, Chao Zou
  • Publication number: 20190208041
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may determine a plurality of TCP ACKs, and at least one of TCP data or UDP data for a multi-user transmission to a set of STAs. The apparatus may allocate the plurality of TCP ACKs to a PPDU before allocating the at least one of the TCP data and the UDP data to the PPDU. In certain aspects, the plurality of TCP ACKs may be frequency division multiplexed in the PPDU. In certain other aspects, the apparatus may transmit, to the set of STAs, the multi-user transmission including at least the plurality of frequency division multiplexed TCP ACKs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Madhan JAGANATHAN, Xiaolong HUANG, Srinivas KATAR, Nathaniel David HOUGHTON, Madhavan NAIR, Hao ZHU, Chao ZOU
  • Publication number: 20190195972
    Abstract: A local shimming system for magnetic resonance imaging and the method thereof, wherein the shimming method comprises the following steps: collecting B0 field map information using two-dimensional gradient echo (301); calculating and evaluating the homogeneity of B0 (302); optimizing the current of each channel shim coil (303); determining whether the minimum standard deviation value of ?f is obtained (304); outputting an optimal current combination values and setting an optimum current value corresponding to each channel of the shim coil on the current control software (305); and testing and evaluating the homogeneity of B0 to achieve the shimming goal (306).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Ye Li, Qiaoyan Chen, Rou Li, Chao Luo, Jianhong Wen, Chao Zou, Xin Liu
  • Patent number: 10306672
    Abstract: A method includes sending, from a first transmitter to a first receiver, a request to send (RTS) message associated with a first transmit opportunity (TXOP). The RTS message requests the first receiver to indicate whether reuse of the first TXOP is permitted. The method further includes receiving, at the first transmitter from the first receiver, a clear to send (CTS) message responsive to the RTS message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Srinivas Katar, Simone Merlin, Chao Zou, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, George Cherian, Santosh Paul Abraham, Lawrence Winston Yonge, III, Hemanth Sampath
  • Publication number: 20190016797
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicants: Novartis AG, Universität Zürich
    Inventors: Natalia Arenas-Ramirez, Iwan Beuvink, Onur Boyman, Barbara Brannetti, Andreas Katopodis, Simone Popp, Catherine Regnier, Chao Zou
  • Publication number: 20190011515
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic resonance chemical-shift-encoded imaging method, apparatus, and device, belonging to the technical field of magnetic resonance imaging. The method comprises: in a phasor-error plot established on the basis of a two-point magnetic resonance signal model, determining to be an initial seed point a pixel having a unique phasor and causing said plot to reach a minimal local value; according to the initial seed point, estimating the phasor value of a to-be-estimated pixel to obtain a field map; mapping and merging the field map at the highest resolution to obtain a reconstructed field map; determining a reconstructed seed point from the reconstructed field map, and estimating the reconstructed seed point to obtain the phasor value of the reconstructed to-be-estimated pixel; according to the reconstructed seed point and the phasor value of the reconstructed to-be-estimated pixel, obtaining two separate images having predetermined components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Hairong Zheng, Xin Liu, Chuanli Cheng, Chao Zou
  • Publication number: 20180337709
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for grouping in multi-user multiple-input-multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems by using limited probing. With more wireless stations (STAs) being used in MU-MIMO groups, the probing used to obtain packet error metrics to determine the throughput for selecting the MU-MIMO groups for transmission can become more complex and involve a larger overhead. To reduce the probing overhead, various techniques are described in this disclosure. For example, an access point (AP) can identify a trigger to initiate a packet error probing. In response to the trigger, the AP embeds one or more probing packets that are part of the packet error probing within a short interframe space (SIFS)-burst data transmission process to take advantage of the existing structure of the process. Then, the AP can update at least one packet error metric (e.g., packet error rate or PER) based on feedback received in response to the probing packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Chao ZOU, Ahmed Ragab ELSHERIF, Hao ZHU, Srinivas KATAR
  • Publication number: 20180227108
    Abstract: A method includes determining, based on a first packet error rate (PER) associated with a first communication data rate of data sent from a first electronic device to a second electronic device, a predicted second PER associated with a second communication data rate by increasing a value of the predicted second PER based on a first signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) sensitivity associated with the first communication data rate being less than a second SNR sensitivity associated with the second communication data rate or by decreasing the value of the predicted second PER based on the first SNR sensitivity being greater than the second SNR sensitivity. The method further includes selecting a communication data rate for communication from the first electronic device to the second electronic device based at least in part on the first PER and the predicted second PER.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Srinivas Katar, Xiaolong Huang, Chao Zou, Deniz Rende
  • Publication number: 20180152860
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for buffer status report triggering. An access point (AP) may identify that an amount of uplink data queued in a buffer of a station is less than a predetermined threshold. The AP may determine that a buffer status report (BSR) trigger condition is satisfied by estimating that the station has data to transmit to the access point, or by identifying that the access point will schedule an uplink transmission for the station. The AP may transmit a BSR trigger to the station based at least in part on identifying that the amount of uplink data queued in the buffer is less than the predetermined threshold and determining that the BSR trigger condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaolong Huang, Srinivas Katar, Chao Zou
  • Patent number: 9986581
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes determining a transmit time metric associated with each transmission group of a number of transmission groups based at least in part on an amount of data in a transmit queue and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) data rate for at least one wireless communication device in the transmission group. The method also includes scheduling a transmission to a first transmission group of the number of transmission groups based at least in part on the transmit time metric for the first transmission group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qinghai Gao, Ahmed Ragab Elsherif, Xiaolong Huang, Guido Robert Frederiks, Chao Zou
  • Patent number: 9894679
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. An access point (AP) may win access to an unlicensed frequency channel for a transmission opportunity. For the transmission opportunity, the AP may dynamically schedule a duration of time to be used for uplink transmissions and a duration of time to be used for downlink transmissions. The schedule may be based on a comparison of values for a parameter monitored by the AP. The parameter may be monitored for uplink traffic and for downlink traffic. The parameter may indicate the latency experienced by each direction of traffic, or an intolerance of each direction of traffic to delay. The AP may schedule the uplink and downlink durations to compensate for the discrepancy in latency between the two directions of traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaolong Huang, Chao Zou, Srinivas Katar, Hao Zhu, James Simon Cho, Alireza Raissinia
  • Patent number: 9838940
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for deferral based on basic service set identification (BSSID) information. According to certain aspects, a method for wireless communications is provided. The method generally includes receiving, on a shared access medium, a packet having at least one deferral-related parameter and deciding whether to defer transmission on the shared access medium based, at least in part, on the deferral-related parameter. Another method may generally include generating a packet comprising at least one deferral-related parameter to be used by another apparatus for deciding whether or not the other apparatus should defer transmitting on a shared access medium and providing the packet to the other apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, Simone Merlin, Hao Zhu, Srinivas Katar, Lawrence Winston Yonge, III, Chao Zou, Bin Tian, Yan Zhou, Hemanth Sampath
  • Publication number: 20170273100
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. An access point (AP) may win access to an unlicensed frequency channel for a transmission opportunity. For the transmission opportunity, the AP may dynamically schedule a duration of time to be used for uplink transmissions and a duration of time to be used for downlink transmissions. The schedule may be based on a comparison of values for a parameter monitored by the AP. The parameter may be monitored for uplink traffic and for downlink traffic. The parameter may indicate the latency experienced by each direction of traffic, or an intolerance of each direction of traffic to delay. The AP may schedule the uplink and downlink durations to compensate for the discrepancy in latency between the two directions of traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaolong Huang, Chao Zou, Srinivas Katar, Hao Zhu, James Simon Cho, Alireza Raissinia
  • Publication number: 20170265210
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for separately scheduling and grouping multiple wireless local area network (WLAN) users are disclosed. The apparatuses and methods include scheduling, at an access point (AP), multiple wireless stations (STAs) associated with the AP; identifying based at least in part on the ranking, a group of STAs from the STAs for transmission of data over a single orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) frame in a WLAN; and providing information resulting from scheduling the STAs and identifying the group of STAs to at least one of the STAs. In others aspects, the apparatuses and methods include receiving at an STA from an AP, scheduling information for a group of STAs including the STA; and transmitting based on the scheduling information, data over an OFDMA frame in an unlicensed or shared spectrum, the STA having a traffic load different from the traffic load of the at least one additional STA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaolong HUANG, Srinivas KATAR, Hao ZHU, James CHO, Alireza RAISSINIA, Chao ZOU, Sabita NAHATA, Guido Robert FREDERIKS, Raja BANERJEA, Chao CHENG, Ning ZHANG, Zhanfeng JIA
  • Patent number: 9763262
    Abstract: The present application relates generally to wireless communications, and more specifically to systems, methods, and devices for deferral based on transmission opportunity (TXOP) information. One aspect of the present disclosure provides An apparatus configured to wirelessly communicate. The apparatus includes a processing system configured to obtain a deferral-related parameter from a packet transmitted on a shared wireless access medium and decide whether to defer transmission on the shared wireless access medium based, at least in part, on the at least one deferral-related parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Simone Merlin, Chao Zou, Srinivas Katar, Hemanth Sampath, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac
  • Publication number: 20170183403
    Abstract: The invention relates to a human Interleukin-2 (hIL-2) specific monoclonal antibody (mAb), or antigen binding fragment thereof, the binding of which to hIL-2 inhibits binding of hIL-2 to CD25 and the antibody is characterized by any of the parameters: the variable chain of the mAb comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO 005 or SEQ ID NO 006; the binding to hIL-2 is characterized by a dissociation constant (KD)?7.5 nmol/L; the binding to hIL-2 is characterized by an off-rate (Koff)?1×10?4 s?1 and/or the antibody displays no measurable cross-reactivity to murine IL-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicants: NOVARTIS AG, UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH
    Inventors: Onur BOYMAN, Natalie ARENAS-RAMIREZ, Chao ZOU
  • Publication number: 20170118631
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a pre-fetching architecture and scheduler for multi-station APs. An example method generally includes fetching, from a plurality of host buffers, descriptive information for a set of packets based, at least in part, on an amount of descriptive information already cached for transmission to one or more target devices; using the fetched descriptive information to obtain the set of packets; and transmitting the set of packets to the one or more target devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Chao ZOU, Guido Robert FREDERIKS, Srinivas KATAR, Xiaolong HUANG, Qinghai GAO, Naveen GANGADHARAN, Nathaniel David HOUGHTON, BadriSrinivasan SAMPATHKUMAR, James Simon CHO
  • Patent number: 9622262
    Abstract: A method includes determining, at a first transmitter, a clear channel access (CCA) threshold associated with reuse of a first transmit opportunity (TXOP) of a message. The method further includes sending, from the first transmitter to a first receiver, at least a portion of the message, wherein the portion of the message indicates the CCA threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Srinivas Katar, Simone Merlin, Chao Zou, Gwendolyn Denise Barriac, George Cherian, Santosh Paul Abraham, Lawrence Winston Yonge, III, Hemanth Sampath