Patents by Inventor Chen Zhang

Chen 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).

  • Patent number: 11927450
    Abstract: Provided is a medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors of a robot effectuate operations including: obtaining, with a processor, first data indicative of a position of the robot in a workspace; actuating, with the processor, the robot to drive within the workspace to form a map including mapped perimeters that correspond with physical perimeters of the workspace while obtaining, with the processor, second data indicative of displacement of the robot as the robot drives within the workspace; and forming, with the processor, the map of the workspace based on at least some of the first data; wherein: the map of the workspace expands as new first data of the workspace are obtained with the processor; and the robot is paired with an application of a communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: AI Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Lukas Robinson, Chen Zhang, Sebastian Schweigert
  • Publication number: 20240078851
    Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for predicting energy consumption in vehicles. In an example method, a predicted energy consumption model associated with a vehicle may be determined. Sensor data associated with the vehicle may be received via a plurality of sensors associated with the vehicle. A driver-based energy consumption model associated with the vehicle may then be determined based at least in part on the sensor data. An estimated energy consumption model associated with the vehicle may then be determined based at least in part on the predicted energy consumption model and the driver-based energy consumption model. A vehicle charging prediction model may then be determined based at least in part on the estimated energy consumption model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Wu, Chen Zhang, Zhen Hu, Yan Fu, David McCreadie, Sunil Goyal
  • Publication number: 20240077595
    Abstract: A robot including a chassis; a set of wheels coupled to the chassis; a range finding system coupled to the robot; a plurality of sensors; a processor; and a tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuates operations including: obtaining, with the processor, distances to obstacles measured by the range finding system as the robot moves relative to the obstacles; and determining, with the processor, a position of the obstacle based at least partially on the distance measurements, including: identifying, with the processor, at least one position of the range finding system when encountering the obstacle; and determining, with the processor, the position of the obstacle based at least partially on the at least one position of the range finding system when encountering the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Al incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Chen Zhang, Sebastian Schweigert
  • Publication number: 20240072047
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a first pair of stacked devices located in a first active device region and a second pair of stacked devices located in a second active device region. Each stacked device of the pair of stacked devices includes a second field effect transistor (FET) stacked over a first FET, and within each active device region the pair of stacked devices is separated by an inter-device dielectric pillar. A local interconnect structure is located in a non-active device region that is positioned between the first and second active device regions. The local interconnect structure can be connected to a back side power rail and a source/drain region of one of the second FETs, or connected to a front side signal line and a source/drain region of one of the first FETs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Julien Frougier, Brent A. Anderson, Chen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240072574
    Abstract: The present application provides a wireless charging method, a wireless charging apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes: detecting, in response to performing wireless charging, a charging parameter of a converter, wherein the charging parameter includes at least one parameter of an input current, an input voltage, an output current and an output voltage; determining a target operation mode according to the charging parameter, wherein the target operation mode is configured to determine a power-drawing mode of the converter; and controlling the converter to switch to the target operation mode, and charging a to-be-charged device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongguang GUO, Chen TIAN, Jialiang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240071925
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include a semiconductor base having a first width. A semiconductor device over the semiconductor base has a second width that is greater than the first width. A power rail is beneath the semiconductor base. A conductive contact extends from a top of the semiconductor device to the power rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Liqiao Qin, Tao Li, Ruilong Xie, Chen Zhang, Kisik Choi
  • Publication number: 20240067633
    Abstract: Provided are a compound of formula (I), a stereoisomer, a deuterated compound, a solvate, a prodrug, a metabolite, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a eutectic thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising same, and use thereof as a ketohexokinase inhibitor in the preparation of drugs for treating related diseases. Each group in formula (I) is as defined in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yao LI, Wenjing WANG, Lei CHEN, Guobiao ZHANG, Xiaobo ZHANG, Gang HU, Yajun WANG, Haodong WANG, Pingming TANG, Yan YU, Chen ZHANG, Pangke YAN
  • Patent number: 11914881
    Abstract: A data migration method and an apparatus are provided. The method is as follows: sending, by a first storage system, a location update request to a location server, where the location update request is used to indicate the location server to update location information of a first bucket from being located in a second storage system to being located in the first storage system; migrating data in a first bucket from the second storage system; receiving a data access request, where the data access request is used to access the data in the first bucket; and determining based on a type of the data access request and a migration status of the data, that the first storage system or the second storage system processes the data access request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Xu, Yu Zhang, Ling Lin, Chen Ling, Lei Huang
  • Patent number: 11911328
    Abstract: Provided is an autonomous wheeled device. A first sensor obtains first data indicative of distances to objects within an environment of the autonomous wheeled device and a second sensor obtains second data indicative of movement of the autonomous wheeled device. A processor generates at least a portion of a map of the environment using at least one of the first data and the second data and a first path of the autonomous wheeled device. The processor transmits first information to an application of a communication device paired with the autonomous wheeled device and receives second information from the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AI Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Lukas Robinson, Chen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240059681
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nitrile derivative compound represented by formula (I), a stereoisomer, a deuterated product, a co-crystal, a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein each group is as defined in the description. The compound has dipeptidyl peptidase 1 inhibitory activity and can be used to prepare a drug for treating diseases including obstructive airway diseases, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, asthma, emphysema, and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: HAISCO PHARMACEUTICALS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yao Li, Zongjun Shi, Guobiao ZHANG, Lei Chen, Wenjing Wang, Xiaobo Zhang, Dengyu Zheng, Bo Xu, Xin Liu, Yajun Wang, Fei Ye, Pingming Tang, Jia Ni, Chen Zhang, Pangke Yan
  • Patent number: 11906401
    Abstract: The invention provides a sampling device for geological fluid detection, relates to the technical field of fluid detection. The sampling device comprises a support frame, the support frame is of an L-shaped structure, and a second support plate is arranged at an upper portion of the support frame; the protection cover is mounted at the corner of a bottom portion of the support frame. The water fixing member is clamped above the bottom portion of the support frame; the locking inclined block is mounted at the bottom portion of the; and the detector is provided with a water inlet pipe. Fluid at different depths is detected through cooperation of the mounting sleeve and the lifting frame, a fluid drainage tube is wound around the winding wheel, the mounting sleeve is driven by the lifting frame to adjust the position through the arrangement of the gear and the rack, the fluid is sampled through the sampling test tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Chengdu University of Technology
    Inventors: Chen Zhang, Huaguo Wen, Chao Ma, Jintong Liang, Yiquan Ma, Yixin Dong, Shaohui Wang, Gang Zhou, Yuan Zhong, Wenbin Tang, Bolin Zhang, Yiting Sun, Yunchuan Zeng
  • Patent number: 11908481
    Abstract: Provided is a method for encoding live-streaming data, including: acquiring first state information associated with a current data frame; generating backup state information by backing up the first state information; generating a first encoded data frame by encoding the current data frame based on a first bit rate and the first state information; generating reset state information by resetting the updated first state information based on the backup state information; generating a second encoded data frame by encoding the current data frame based on a second bit rate and the reset state information; and generating a first target data frame corresponding to the current data frame based on the first encoded data frame and the second encoded data frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhao Xing, Chen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11908890
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first vertical transistor on a semiconductor substrate, and forming a second vertical transistor stacked on the first vertical transistor. In the method, an isolation layer is formed between the first and second vertical transistors. The isolation layer includes a rare earth oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Juntao Li, Kangguo Cheng, Chen Zhang, Zhenxing Bi
  • Patent number: 11908937
    Abstract: Vertical transport field-effect transistors are formed on active regions wherein the active regions each include a wrap-around metal silicide contact on vertically extending side walls of the active region. Such wrap-around contacts form self-aligned and reliable strapping for SRAM bottom nFET and pFET source/drain regions. Buried contacts of SRAM cells may be used to strap the wrap-around metal silicide contacts with the gates of inverters thereof. Wrap-around metal silicide contacts provide additional contacts for logic FETs and reduce parasitic bottom source/drain resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Miao, Kangguo Cheng, Chen Zhang, Wenyu Xu
  • Publication number: 20240053322
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a classification method and system for fine-grained mixed sedimentary rocks, a medium and a terminal. Core description and thin section observation are used to accurately identify the sedimentary structure types and their vertical distribution characteristics from the macroscopic and microscopic perspectives, and indicates the mixed sedimentation characteristics of combination of different lamina or laminar couplets. The micro-drilling sampling technique is used to sample the samples with different types of sedimentary structures while avoiding diagenetic minerals. X-ray diffraction mineral content analysis and a high-precision carbon-sulfur analyzer are used to obtain the contents of different types of minerals and the total organic carbon contents in each sample, respectively, the basic rock type of each sample was determined using a triangular classification diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Chengdu University of Technology
    Inventors: Yiquan MA, Xiaofeng LIU, Yangbo LU, Yongchao LU, Chen ZHANG, Xuebin DU, Zhanhong LIU, Wei WEI, Yi SHU, Jingyu ZHANG, Ke ZHAO, Qinyu CUI, Hao WANG, Xiaojie FAN, Caiguang ZHI, Mengtian GAO, Lingna SHI
  • Publication number: 20240043416
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of an HA inhibitor (1S,2S)-2-fluoro-N-(2-(2-(4-((R)-(5-methyl-2H-tetrazol-2-yl)(phenyl)methyl)piperidine-1-formyl)pyridine-4-yl)benzo[d]oxazol-5-yl)cyclopropyl-1-carboxamide, or a hydrate or solvate of a salt thereof, a preparation method therefor, and a use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SICHUAN HAISCO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao LI, Guobiao ZHANG, Xiaobo ZHANG, Pingming TANG, Chen ZHANG, Pangke YAN
  • Publication number: 20240047525
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a first nanosheet transistor, which is located on the substrate, that has a first inter-channel spacing and that has a thin gate oxide layer; and a second nanosheet transistor, which is located on the substrate, that has a second inter-channel spacing that is greater than the first inter-channel spacing and that has a thick gate oxide layer that is thicker than the thin gate oxide layer of the first nanosheet transistor. The second nanosheet transistor comprises channel structures and a source/drain structure that wraps around the ends of the channel structures. In embodiments, there are inner spaces at ends of the gate stacks in the first transistor, but not at the ends of the gate stacks in the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Tenko Yamashita, Teresa J. Wu, Chen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11894433
    Abstract: A stacked semiconductor device comprising a lower source/drain epi located on top of a bottom dielectric layer. An isolation layer located on top of the lower source/drain epi and an upper source/drain epi located on top of the isolation layer. A lower electrical contact that is connected to the lower source/drain epi, wherein the lower electrical contact is in direct contact with multiple side surfaces of the lower source/drain epi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Reznicek, Ruilong Xie, Chen Zhang, Kangguo Cheng
  • Patent number: 11892432
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multifunctional rock mechanics tester, pertaining to the technical field of mechanics tester, consisting of a base; wherein a power mechanism is mounted on the top of the base, two tension testing mechanisms are arranged on the power mechanism in an up-and-down symmetrical way, a clamping mechanism is mounted on each tension testing mechanism, a rock testing block is clamped between the two clamping mechanisms. The present invention realizes the tension and pressure testing of the rock test block through the arrangement of tension testing mechanism and pressure testing mechanism, thus improving the functionality of the present mechanics tester, which not only reduces the testing cost, but also effectively decreases the occupied space; the present invention solves the problem that the traditional mechanics tester can only complete one kind of test when it is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Chengdu University of Technology
    Inventors: Chen Zhang, Huaguo Wen, Chao Ma, Jintong Liang, Yiquan Ma, Yixin Dong, Xiangye Kong, Xin Wang, Shaohui Wang, Gang Zhou, Yuan Zhong, Wenbin Tang, Jing Nie, Bolin Zhang, Yunchuan Zeng
  • Patent number: 11894303
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a three-dimensional stacked transistor structure including first and second field-effect transistors of a first type at a first vertical level and third and fourth field-effect transistors of a second type at a second vertical level disposed over the first vertical level. The semiconductor structure also includes a first gate structure shared between the first and second field-effect transistors at the first vertical level, a second gate structure shared between the third and fourth field-effect transistors at the second vertical level, and a gate contact shared by the first and second gate structures. The wherein the first and second gate structures are vertically aligned with another in a layout of the three-dimensional stacked transistor structure between source drain/regions of the first, second, third and fourth field-effect transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dongbing Shao, Chen Zhang, Zheng Xu, Tenko Yamashita