Patents by Inventor Cheng Zong

Cheng Zong 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: 20250102437
    Abstract: Microscopic analysis of a sample includes a fluorescent dye disposed within the sample. A mid-IR optical source generates a mid-infrared beam, which is directed onto the sample to induce a temperature change by absorption of the mid-infrared beam. An optical source generates a probe beam directed to impinge on the sample. A detector detects fluorescent emissions from the sample when the probe beam impinges on the sample. A data acquisition and processing system acquires and processes the detected fluorescent emissions from the sample to: (i) generate a signal indicative of infrared absorption by the sample, (ii) generate a signal indicative of temperature in the sample based on the signal indicative of infrared absorption by the sample, (iii) generate an image of the sample using the signal indicative of temperature in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Ji-Xin Cheng, Yi Zhang, Cheng Zong
  • Patent number: 12243626
    Abstract: A method for compressing molecular tagged sequence data includes: grouping sequence reads associated with a molecular tag sequence to form a family of sequence reads, corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements and corresponding sequence alignments, calculating an arithmetic mean of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, calculating a standard deviation of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of standard deviations, determining a consensus base sequence based on the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, determining a consensus sequence alignment and generating a compressed data structure comprising consensus compressed data, the consensus compressed data including for each family, the consensus base sequence, the consensus sequence alignment, the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, the vector of standard deviations and the number of members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Zong Bai
  • Patent number: 12152990
    Abstract: Microscopic analysis of a sample includes a fluorescent dye disposed within the sample. A mid-IR optical source generates a mid-infrared beam, which is directed onto the sample to induce a temperature change by absorption of the mid-infrared beam. An optical source generates a probe beam directed to impinge on the sample. A detector detects fluorescent emissions from the sample when the probe beam impinges on the sample. A data acquisition and processing system acquires and processes the detected fluorescent emissions from the sample to: (i) generate a signal indicative of infrared absorption by the sample, (ii) generate a signal indicative of temperature in the sample based on the signal indicative of infrared absorption by the sample, (iii) generate an image of the sample using the signal indicative of temperature in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Ji-Xin Cheng, Yi Zhang, Cheng Zong
  • Publication number: 20240274241
    Abstract: A method for compressing molecular tagged sequence data includes: grouping sequence reads associated with a molecular tag sequence to form a family of sequence reads, corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements and corresponding sequence alignments, calculating an arithmetic mean of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, calculating a standard deviation of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of standard deviations, determining a consensus base sequence based on the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, determining a consensus sequence alignment and generating a compressed data structure comprising consensus compressed data, the consensus compressed data including for each family, the consensus base sequence, the consensus sequence alignment, the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, the vector of standard deviations and the number of members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: Cheng-Zong BAI
  • Publication number: 20240203525
    Abstract: A method for compressing nucleic acid sequence data wherein each sequence read is associated with a molecular tag sequence, wherein a portion of the sequence reads alignments correspond to sequence reads mapped to a targeted fusion reference sequence includes determining a consensus sequence read for each family of sequence reads based on flow space signal measurements corresponding to the family of sequence reads, determining a consensus sequence alignment for each family of sequence reads, wherein a portion of the consensus sequence alignments correspond to the consensus sequence reads aligned with the targeted fusion reference sequence, generating a compressed data structure comprising consensus compressed data, the consensus compressed data including the consensus sequence read and the consensus sequence alignment for each family, and detecting a fusion using the consensus sequence reads and the consensus sequence alignments from the compressed data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Rajesh Gottimukkala, Cheng-Zong Bai, Dumitru Brinza, Jeoffrey Schageman, Varun Bagai
  • Patent number: 11920738
    Abstract: A LED bulb apparatus has a bulb shell, a head cap, a driver circuit and at least one light strip. The bulb shell has a light passing shell and a bottom portion. A head cap has a neck portion, a first electrode and a second electrode. The neck portion of the head cap is connected to the bottom portion of the bulb shell forming a container space. A fluorescent layer covers the multiple LED modules. The driving current is transmitted via at least one of the top end and the bottom end of the light strip to the LED modules. The substrate has a light transmittance less than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Liang Cao, Cheng Zong Wu, Hong Kui Jiang, Yanzeng Gao
  • Patent number: 11894105
    Abstract: A method for compressing nucleic acid sequence data wherein each sequence read is associated with a molecular tag sequence, wherein a portion of the sequence reads alignments correspond to sequence reads mapped to a targeted fusion reference sequence includes determining a consensus sequence read for each family of sequence reads based on flow space signal measurements corresponding to the family of sequence reads, determining a consensus sequence alignment for each family of sequence reads, wherein a portion of the consensus sequence alignments correspond to the consensus sequence reads aligned with the targeted fusion reference sequence, generating a compressed data structure comprising consensus compressed data, the consensus compressed data including the consensus sequence read and the consensus sequence alignment for each family, and detecting a fusion using the consensus sequence reads and the consensus sequence alignments from the compressed data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh Gottimukkala, Cheng-Zong Bai, Dumitru Brinza, Jeoffrey Schageman, Varun Bagai
  • Patent number: 11887699
    Abstract: A method for compressing molecular tagged sequence data includes: grouping sequence reads associated with a molecular tag sequence to form a family of sequence reads, corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements and corresponding sequence alignments, calculating an arithmetic mean of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, calculating a standard deviation of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of standard deviations, determining a consensus base sequence based on the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, determining a consensus sequence alignment and generating a compressed data structure comprising consensus compressed data, the consensus compressed data including for each family, the consensus base sequence, the consensus sequence alignment, the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, the vector of standard deviations and the number of members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Zong Bai
  • Publication number: 20230410943
    Abstract: A method for labeling sequence reads includes retrieving a sequence read having an associated flow measurement and an associated flow order; matching a sequence selected from a plurality of sequences with the sequence read, the sequence having a position within the sequence that has more than one acceptable variants; determining which variant of the more than one acceptable variants matches the sequence; generating a predicted flow measurement based on the matched sequence, the variant, and a flow order; and labeling the sequence read and associated flow measurement with the predicted flow measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng-Zong Bai, Eugene Ingerman, Chao Wang, Alison Lai, Werner Puschitz
  • Publication number: 20230360733
    Abstract: A method for correcting signal measurements comprises an artificial neural network (ANN). The ANN receives a plurality of signal measurements in a channel of an input layer. The ANN is applied to the signal measurements and produces a plurality of signal correction values. The signal correction values may be subtracted from the signal measurements to form corrected signal measurements. The corrected signal measurements may be provided to a base caller to produce a sequence of base calls. The ANN may comprise a convolutional neural network (CNN). The CNN may have a U-NET architecture that includes an encoder and a decoder. The U-NET may include a Convolutional Block Attention Module (CBAM). The CBAM may applied to the outputs of a last pooling layer of the encoder and provides refined feature maps to a first layer of the decoder. The input signal measurements may be generated by a nucleic acid sequencing instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng-Zong BAI, Eugene INGERMAN, Alison LAI, Werner PUSCHITZ, Chao WANG
  • Publication number: 20230341094
    Abstract: A LED bulb apparatus has a bulb shell, a head cap, a driver circuit and at least one light strip. The bulb shell has a light passing shell and a bottom portion. A head cap has a neck portion, a first electrode and a second electrode. The neck portion of the head cap is connected to the bottom portion of the bulb shell forming a container space. A fluorescent layer covers the multiple LED modules. The driving current is transmitted via at least one of the top end and the bottom end of the light strip to the LED modules. The substrate has a light transmittance less than 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Liang Liang Cao, Cheng Zong WU, Hong Kui JIANG, Yanzeng GAO
  • Publication number: 20230175965
    Abstract: Microscopic analysis of a sample includes a fluorescent dye disposed within the sample. A mid-IR optical source generates a mid-infrared beam, which is directed onto the sample to induce a temperature change by absorption of the mid-infrared beam. An optical source generates a probe beam directed to impinge on the sample. A detector detects fluorescent emissions from the sample when the probe beam impinges on the sample. A data acquisition and processing system acquires and processes the detected fluorescent emissions from the sample to: (i) generate a signal indicative of infrared absorption by the sample, (ii) generate a signal indicative of temperature in the sample based on the signal indicative of infrared absorption by the sample, (iii) generate an image of the sample using the signal indicative of temperature in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Ji-Xin Cheng, Yi Zhang, Cheng Zong
  • Publication number: 20230083776
    Abstract: A method for compressing molecular tagged sequence data includes: grouping sequence reads associated with a molecular tag sequence to form a family of sequence reads, corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements and corresponding sequence alignments, calculating an arithmetic mean of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, calculating a standard deviation of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of standard deviations, determining a consensus base sequence based on the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, determining a consensus sequence alignment and generating a compressed data structure comprising consensus compressed data, the consensus compressed data including for each family, the consensus base sequence, the consensus sequence alignment, the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, the vector of standard deviations and the number of members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: Cheng-Zong Bai
  • Patent number: 11561179
    Abstract: Microscopic analysis of a sample includes a fluorescent dye disposed within the sample. A mid-IR optical source generates a mid-infrared beam, which is directed onto the sample to induce a temperature change by absorption of the mid-infrared beam. An optical source generates a probe beam directed to impinge on the sample. A detector detects fluorescent emissions from the sample when the probe beam impinges on the sample. A data acquisition and processing system acquires and processes the detected fluorescent emissions from the sample to: (i) generate a signal indicative of infrared absorption by the sample, (ii) generate a signal indicative of temperature in the sample based on the signal indicative of infrared absorption by the sample, (iii) generate an image of the sample using the signal indicative of temperature in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Ji-Xin Cheng, Yi Zhang, Cheng Zong
  • Patent number: 11468972
    Abstract: A method for compressing molecular tagged sequence data includes: grouping sequence reads associated with a molecular tag sequence to form a family of sequence reads, corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements and corresponding sequence alignments, calculating an arithmetic mean of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, calculating a standard deviation of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of standard deviations, determining a consensus base sequence based on the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, determining a consensus sequence alignment and generating a compressed data structure comprising consensus compressed data, the consensus compressed data including for each family, the consensus base sequence, the consensus sequence alignment, the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, the vector of standard deviations and the number of members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Zong Bai
  • Patent number: 11326744
    Abstract: A LED bulb apparatus has a bulb shell, a head cap, a driver circuit and at least one light strip. The bulb shell has a light passing shell and a bottom portion. A head cap has a neck portion, a first electrode and a second electrode. The neck portion of the head cap is connected to the bottom portion of the bulb shell forming a container space. A fluorescent layer covers the multiple LED modules. The driving current is transmitted via at least one of the top end and the bottom end of the light strip to the LED modules. The substrate has a light transmittance less than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Liang Cao, Cheng Zong Wu, Hong Kui Jiang, Yanzeng Gao
  • Publication number: 20220074861
    Abstract: Microscopic analysis of a sample includes a fluorescent dye disposed within the sample. A mid-IR optical source generates a mid-infrared beam, which is directed onto the sample to induce a temperature change by absorption of the mid-infrared beam. An optical source generates a probe beam directed to impinge on the sample. A detector detects fluorescent emissions from the sample when the probe beam impinges on the sample. A data acquisition and processing system acquires and processes the detected fluorescent emissions from the sample to: (i) generate a signal indicative of infrared absorption by the sample, (ii) generate a signal indicative of temperature in the sample based on the signal indicative of infrared absorption by the sample, (iii) generate an image of the sample using the signal indicative of temperature in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Ji-Xin Cheng, Yi Zhang, Cheng Zong
  • Publication number: 20210381658
    Abstract: A LED bulb apparatus has a bulb shell, a head cap, a driver circuit and at least one light strip. The bulb shell has a light passing shell and a bottom portion. A head cap has a neck portion, a first electrode and a second electrode. The neck portion of the head cap is connected to the bottom portion of the bulb shell forming a container space. A fluorescent layer covers the multiple LED modules. The driving current is transmitted via at least one of the top end and the bottom end of the light strip to the LED modules. The substrate has a light transmittance less than 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Liang Liang Cao, Cheng Zong WU, Hong Kui JIANG, Yanzeng GAO
  • Publication number: 20210202044
    Abstract: A method for compressing molecular tagged sequence data includes: grouping sequence reads associated with a molecular tag sequence to form a family of sequence reads, corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements and corresponding sequence alignments, calculating an arithmetic mean of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, calculating a standard deviation of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of standard deviations, determining a consensus base sequence based on the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, determining a consensus sequence alignment and generating a compressed data structure comprising consensus compressed data, the consensus compressed data including for each family, the consensus base sequence, the consensus sequence alignment, the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, the vector of standard deviations and the number of members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Cheng-Zong Bai
  • Patent number: 10892037
    Abstract: A method for compressing molecular tagged sequence data includes: grouping sequence reads associated with a molecular tag sequence to form a family of sequence reads, corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements and corresponding sequence alignments, calculating an arithmetic mean of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, calculating a standard deviation of the corresponding vectors of flow space signal measurements to form a vector of standard deviations, determining a consensus base sequence based on the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, determining a consensus sequence alignment and generating a compressed data structure comprising consensus compressed data, the consensus compressed data including for each family, the consensus base sequence, the consensus sequence alignment, the vector of consensus flow space signal measurements, the vector of standard deviations and the number of members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Zong Bai