Patents by Inventor CHARLES ZHOU

CHARLES ZHOU 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: 11967250
    Abstract: Disclosed is an eye simulator device, wherein same is a medical training aid and includes: an eyepiece having a display configured to project at least one image onto or through a convex shaped front surface of a simulated eyeball of the eyepiece; a support configured to hold the eyepiece; a simulated eyelid pivotally attached to the support; and an actuator assembly having an actuator arm and an electromagnetic (EM) coil in connection with the actuator arm, so as to control a motion of the simulated eyelid, which allows to more realistically mimic the eye, and to more intuitively mimic a motion change of the eye, and it is illustratable to show a change process of the eye by projecting an eye condition, making it easier for a student to understand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TELLYES SCIENTIFIC INC.
    Inventors: Yanfei Liu, Zhaoqun Liu, Jun Lu, Jibin Zhou, David N. Broussard, Charles G. Miller, Jerry Woods, Clifford D. Olmstead
  • Patent number: 11951617
    Abstract: An autonomous solar module installation platform can be used for solar module installation onto a solar tracker. The autonomous solar module installation platform can include an off-road capable base vehicle and a robotic arm, mounted on the off-road capable base vehicle, for the solar module installation onto the solar tracker. The off-road capable base vehicle and the robotic arm can communicate with each other and cooperate their movements to proceed to the solar tracker and align with the solar tracker in order for the robotic arm to pick up and lift the solar module during an installation of the solar module onto the solar tracker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rosendin Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Zhou, William Paul Mazzetti, Jr., Halston Ryan Rowe, David Scott Lincoln
  • Patent number: 11919149
    Abstract: An autonomous solar module installation platform can be used for solar module installation onto a solar tracker. The autonomous solar module installation platform can include an autonomous ground vehicle and a robotic arm for the solar module installation onto the solar tracker. The autonomous ground vehicle can autonomously drive itself to the solar tracker using a global positioning system and align itself with the solar tracker using at least a vision system in order to place one or more solar modules onto the solar tracker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Rosendin Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Zhou, William Paul Mazzetti, Jr., Halston Ryan Rowe, David Scott Lincoln
  • Publication number: 20240069815
    Abstract: A processing device of a memory sub-system is configured to perform a plurality of write operations on a memory device comprising a plurality of memory units, the processing device is configured to maintain state information of the memory device in response to performing each write operation of a plurality of write operations on the memory device; identify, in view of the state information, a candidate memory unit of the plurality of memory units that has been written to by at least a threshold fraction of the plurality of write operations performed on the memory device; and responsive to determining that a number of write operations performed on the memory device satisfies a threshold refresh criterion and that one or more of the plurality of memory units that are proximate to the candidate memory unit satisfy a failed bit threshold criterion, refresh data stored at the one or more of the plurality of memory units that are proximate to the candidate memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tingjun Xie, Zhenming Zhou, Charles Kwong
  • Publication number: 20230321842
    Abstract: An autonomous solar module installation platform can be used for solar module installation onto a solar tracker. The autonomous solar module installation platform can include an autonomous ground vehicle and a robotic arm for the solar module installation onto the solar tracker. The autonomous ground vehicle can autonomously drive itself to the solar tracker using a global positioning system and align itself with the solar tracker using at least a vision system in order to place one or more solar modules onto the solar tracker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Zhou, William Paul Mazzetti, JR., Halston Rowe, David Scott Lincoln
  • Publication number: 20220193927
    Abstract: A multiple part bracket can be constructed to provide an electrical power connection and a mechanical attachment. The multiple part bracket includes an upper portion and a lower portion of the bracket constructed to be assembled together on an arm of a solar tracker in the field. The lower portion is adaptable in shape and dimensions to attach onto solar trackers from two or more different manufacturers in order to mechanically capture a solar panel module on the arm and to retain the solar panel module in place on the arm of the solar tracker. The multiple part bracket can be used with an autonomous ground vehicle with a robotic arm in order to autonomously install the multiple part bracket onto a solar tracker with the robotic arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: William Paul Mazzetti, JR., Charles Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210359498
    Abstract: In an operation, the modular electrical power distribution panel (MEPP) is built and assembled with accessories of additional electrical components, instruments, and lighting controls installed in the MEPP. The MEPP can further include bus bars for circuit breakers to attach to as well as electrical rails constructed to allow one or more instruments that will be mounted in the MEPPs to electrically connect to the electrical rails. The MEPP rests on a floor and is supported through its frame from a ground up to be a free standing panel. The MEPP, the bus bars, electrical rails and accessories are modular shippable in five modular pieces or less that meet requirements set by a nationally recognized testing laboratory approval as assembled as a whole unit; and thus, eliminate a need for a second laboratory approval as the whole unit when assembled for a first time at a work site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: William Paul Mazzetti, JR., Charles Zhou, David McFate
  • Publication number: 20210205997
    Abstract: An autonomous solar module installation platform can be used for solar module installation onto a solar tracker. The autonomous solar module installation platform can include an autonomous ground vehicle and a robotic arm for the solar module installation onto the solar tracker. The autonomous ground vehicle can autonomously drive itself to the solar tracker using a global positioning system and align itself with the solar tracker using at least a vision system in order to place one or more solar modules onto the solar tracker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Zhou, William Paul Mazzetti, JR., Halston Rowe, David Scott Lincoln
  • Publication number: 20210206003
    Abstract: An autonomous solar module installation platform can be used for solar module installation onto a solar tracker. The autonomous solar module installation platform can include an off-road capable base vehicle and a robotic arm, mounted on the off-road capable base vehicle, for the solar module installation onto the solar tracker. The off-road capable base vehicle and the robotic arm can communicate with each other and cooperate their movements to proceed to the solar tracker and align with the solar tracker in order for the robotic arm to pick up and lift the solar module during an installation of the solar module onto the solar tracker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Zhou, William Paul Mazzetti, JR., Halston Rowe, David Scott Lincoln
  • Publication number: 20090295034
    Abstract: A process for making activated carbon monolith using PTFE as binder is disclosed and described. The process includes carbon-PTFE paste preparation, shearing the paste in a calender with hot rollers, and forming carbon monoliths using compression shaping equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: CM-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: XIAOQUN WU, SHOWGUEI YEH, CHARLES ZHOU, HUIFANG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20080090736
    Abstract: This invention is to use knowledge pattern learning and search system for selecting microorganisms to produce useful materials and to generate clean energy from wastes, wastewaters, biomass or from other inexpensive sources. The method starts with an in silico screening platform which involves multiple steps. First, the organisms' profiles are compiled by linking the massive genetic and chemical fingerprints in the metabolic and energy-generating biological pathways (e.g. codon usages, gene distributions in function categories, etc.) to the organisms' biological behaviors. Second, a machine learning and pattern recognition system is used to group the organism population into characteristic groups based on the profiles. Lastly, one or a group of microorganisms are selected based on profile match scores calculated from a defined metabolic efficiency measure, which, in term, is a prediction of a desired capability in real life based on an organism's profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: QUANTUM INTELLIGENCE, INC.
    Inventors: YING ZHAO, Charles Zhou, Hsiu-Ying Sherry