Patents by Inventor Daniel Zhang

Daniel 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).

  • Publication number: 20240112063
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating the ground state energy of a quantum Hamiltonian. The disclosed algorithm may run on any hardware and is suited for early fault tolerant quantum computers. The algorithm employs low-depth quantum circuits with one ancilla qubit with classical post-processing. The algorithm first draws samples from Hadamard tests in which the unitary is a controlled time evolution of the Hamiltonian. The samples are used for evaluating the convolution of the spectral measure and a filter function, and then inferring the ground state energy from this convolution. Quantum circuit depth is linear in the inverse spectral gap and poly-logarithmic in the inverse target accuracy and inverse initial overlap. Runtime is polynomial in the inverse spectral gap, inverse target accuracy, and inverse initial overlap. The algorithm produces a highly-accurate estimate of the ground state energy with reasonable runtime using low-depth quantum circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Guoming Wang, Peter Douglas Johnson, Ruizhe Zhang, Daniel Stilck França, Shuchen Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240110070
    Abstract: A photoresin formulation for volumetric additive manufacturing contains a photo-curable mixture of: a monomer (e.g., an acrylate-based monomer); a photoinitiator; a polymerization inhibitor (e.g., molecular oxygen (O2)); and, a reducing agent reactive with a free radical species (e.g., a peroxyl radical) formed from the polymerization inhibitor. The reducing agent permits faster printing of objects from the photoresin formulation in a volumetric additive manufacturing process to produce 3D objects of high fidelity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yujie ZHANG, Antony ORTH, Daniel WEBBER, Kathleen SAMPSON, Thomas LACELLE, Chantal PAQUET, Hendrick de HAAN
  • Patent number: 11944393
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a surgical system for patella tracking and a method for selecting a properly-sized patellar implant utilizing the same. The surgical system may include first and second trackers and a patellar tracking system. The first tracker may be configured to contact an unresected or a resected patella, and the second tracker may be configured to contact a bone. The patellar tracking system may be configured to track the first and second trackers during patellar flexion and extension to generate patellar range of motion and patellar trial range of motion. A method for selecting a patellar implant may utilize the first and second trackers and the patellar tracking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mako Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel Antonio Perez, Daniel Rudolf Scholl, Gokce Yildirim, Alvin Perez, Alex McLachlan, Zenan Zhang, Geoffrey Westrich
  • Patent number: 11950036
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume in which a speaker assembly is positioned. The speaker assembly can include a speaker module and a speaker enclosure in fluid communication, with the speaker enclosure at least partially defining a speaker volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Chanjuan Feng, Christopher Wilk, Dinesh C. Mathew, Keith J. Hendren, Stuart M. Nevill, Daniel K. Boothe, Nicholas A Rundle, Simon S. Lee, Xiang Zhang, Thomas H. Tsang, Rebecca J. Mikolajczyk
  • Patent number: 11949124
    Abstract: New and/or improved coatings, layers or treatments for porous substrates, including battery separators or separator membranes, and/or coated or treated porous substrates, including coated battery separators, and/or batteries or cells including such coatings or coated separators, and/or related methods including methods of manufacture and/or of use thereof are disclosed. Also, new or improved coatings for porous substrates, including battery separators, which comprise at least a matrix material or a polymeric binder, and heat-resistant particles with additional additives, materials or components, and/or to new or improved coated or treated porous substrates, including battery separators, where the coating comprises at least a matrix material or a polymeric binder, and heat-resistant particles with additional additives, materials or components are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: Zhengming Zhang, Michael B. Lane, Insik Jeon, Edward Kruger, Xiang Yu, Ronnie E. Smith, Stefan Reinartz, Junqing Ma, Daniel R. Alexander
  • Publication number: 20240099703
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system, method, and non-transitory computer readable media for an ultrasound probe configured to capture ultrasound images of an examination region. The system includes a first set of one or more sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe and configured to estimate a first positional information associated with the ultrasound probe. The system includes a second set of one or more sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe and configured to capture electromagnetic force (EMF) measurements in the examination region to estimate a second positional information associated with the ultrasound probe. The second positional information is used to calibrate the first set of one or more sensors. The system includes a controller configured to use at least one of (i) the first positional information, or (ii) the second positional information to generate a reconstruction of the examination region based on ultrasound images captured by the ultrasound probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Martin Zoellner, Daniel Edward Rosenfeld, Ashley Quinn Swartz, John Paul Issa, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Ningrui Li, Phillip Yee, Ulrich Niemann, Qianyu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240100203
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to peptidic compounds of Formula A, A-II, A-III, B, or C, or salt or solvate thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof. The compounds of the present disclosure are useful for targeting CXCR4 for purposes such as imaging and/or therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: François BÉNARD, Kuo-Shyan LIN, Zhengxing ZHANG, Daniel KWON, David PERRIN, Mihajlo TODOROVIC, Jerome LOZADA, Lee Lee LI
  • Publication number: 20240102004
    Abstract: The application relates to a deep scanning mutagenesis library to interrogate phenotypic changes in a population of cells comprising a plurality of CRISPR-Cas system guide RNAs targeting genomic sequences within at least one continuous genomic region, wherein the guide RNAs target at least 100 genomic sequences upstream of a PAM sequence for every 1000 base pairs within the continuous genomic region and methods for their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel E. Bauer, Stuart H. Orkin, Neville Espi Sanjana, Ophir Shalem, Jason Wright, Feng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11934543
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating transient object references are provided. The systems and methods perform operations including establishing a session between a first entity and a second entity. The operations include identifying an object that the first entity is authorized to access according to a first set of access privileges. The operations include generating a reference associated with the object. The operations include temporarily authorizing the second entity to access the object using the reference according to a second set of access privileges, the second set of access privileges being derived from the first set of access privileges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Wenjun Bi, Khalid Zaman Bijon, Damien Carru, Thierry Cruanes, Simon Holm Jensen, Daniel N. Meredith, Subramanian Muralidhar, Eric Robinson, David Schultz, Zixi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240084211
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a lubricating composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and an ashless basic amine additive selected from a secondary amine containing ?-carbon aromatic substitution. The basic secondary amine additives used in the lubricating oils of the disclosed technology impart basicity measured as total base number (TBN) without adding sulfated ash. Lubricating oils containing the basic secondary amine additives of the disclosed technology simultaneously achieve seals compatibility, deposit, and corrosion control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Saccomando, Yanshi Zhang, John-Louis DiFlavio, Ewan E. Delbridge, William R.S. Barton
  • Patent number: 11928157
    Abstract: A constraint system enforces projection constraints on data values stored in specified columns of a shared dataset when queries are received by a database system. A projection constraint identifies that the data in a column may be restricted from being projected (e.g., presented, read, outputted) in an output to a received query, while allowing specified operations to be performed on the data and a corresponding output to be provided. For example, the projection constraint may indicate a context for a query that triggers the constraint, such as based on the user that submitted the query. Enforcing projection constraints on queries received at the database system allows for data to be shared and used anonymously by entities to perform various operations without the need to tokenize the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Khalid Zaman Bijon, Thierry Cruanes, Simon Holm Jensen, Allison Waingold Lee, Daniel N. Meredith, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz, Zixi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11926587
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for upgrading a raffinate butene (C4 Raffinate) stream to propylene which can produce polymer grade propylene (PGP) by a metathesis process, without consuming fresh ethylene as a feedstock. By recycling ethylene byproduct in the metathesis equilibrium, propylene selectivity can be further improved without negatively impacting butene conversion. Additionally, upon PGP separation, this technology can provide an effluent acceptable for alkylate production by achieving a balanced butene conversion and heavies coproduction. The disclosed process is a relatively low temperature process which can be deployed as a drop-in option for conventional ethylene/butene metathesis unit and provide additional flexibility to existing operations to balance the supply and demand of C2-C4 light olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Pranit S. Metkar, Majid Keyvani, Daniel F. White
  • Publication number: 20240079808
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a body having a terminal installation position for installing a terminal, a first connecting part, an accommodating cavity, and an insertion slot, a cover having a second connecting part, and an elastic support fixed in the accommodating cavity. The cover is movably connected to the body by the first connecting part and the second connecting part. The elastic support has a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm. The first elastic arm supports the cover. The second elastic arm has a snap-fit part locking an external insert inserted into the insertion slot at a preset position. The cover is movable relative to the body to have the second connecting part press and elastically deform the second elastic arm, driving the snap-fit part to move and unlock the external insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo (Leo) Chen, Hongbo (Daniel) Zhang
  • Patent number: 11922728
    Abstract: Where an event is determined to have occurred at a location within a vicinity of a plurality of actors, imaging data captured using cameras having the location is processed using one or more machine learning systems or techniques operating on the cameras to determine which of the actors is most likely associated with the event. For each relevant pixel of each image captured by a camera, the camera returns a set of vectors extending to pixels of body parts of actors who are most likely to have been involved with an event occurring at the relevant pixel, along with a measure of confidence in the respective vectors. A server receives the vectors from the cameras, determines which of the images depicted the event in a favorable view, based at least in part on the quality of such images, and selects one of the actors as associated with the event accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaechul Kim, Nishitkumar Ashokkumar Desai, Jayakrishnan Kumar Eledath, Kartik Muktinutalapati, Shaonan Zhang, Hoi Cheung Pang, Dilip Kumar, Kushagra Srivastava, Gerard Guy Medioni, Daniel Bibireata
  • Patent number: 11921691
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a series of writes that each requests respective data to be stored at a database. For each respective write, the method includes storing the respective data in a first buffer associated with a first data streaming application and a second buffer associated with a second data streaming application. The method includes transmitting the respective data to the database. The method includes receiving, from the database, confirmation that the respective data of the respective write has been committed to the database. The confirmation includes an order indicator indicating an order the respective data of the respective write was committed to the database relative to other writes in the series of writes. In response to receiving the confirmation, the method includes sending the respective data from the first buffer to the first data streaming application and from the second buffer to the second data streaming application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Han Samuel Kang, Mateusz Szymon Matejczyk, Justin Santa Barbara, Daniel Veritas Smith, Wojciech Tyczynski, Wenjia Zhang, Joe Betz
  • Patent number: 11924910
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, control signaling for communications in a wireless communications system. The control signaling may indicate a first duration for an inactivity timer. The UE may initiate the inactivity timer and a second timer based on identifying a period of inactivity. The second timer may have a second duration that is shorter than the first duration for the inactivity timer. In some examples, the second duration may be based on one or more parameters, such as a display status, a battery status, a scaling factor, the first duration, an application state, or any combination thereof. The UE may release a connection for the communications in the wireless communications system based on an expiration of the second timer, an expiration of the inactivity timer, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kuo-Chun Lee, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Satashu Goel, Ertugrul Necdet Ciftcioglu, Shanshan Wang, Daniel Amerga, Karthik Venkatram, Juan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11923096
    Abstract: An inspection system for inspecting a machine includes an inspection vehicle constructed for wireless operation while submersed in a dielectric liquid medium. The inspection vehicle is self-propelled. A controller is operative to direct the activities of the inspection vehicle. A plurality of status interrogation systems is disposed on the inspection vehicle. The status interrogation systems are operative to capture inspection data regarding a plurality of inspection procedures performed on the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory Cole, William Eakins, Daniel Lasko, Harshang Shah, Thomas Fuhlbrigge, Carlos W. Morato, Biao Zhang, Luiz Cheim, Poorvi Patel, Stefan Rakuff, Saumya Sharma, Nolan W. Nicholas, Gregory F. Rossano, Sanguen Choi
  • Publication number: 20240066324
    Abstract: A system includes a cylindrical phantom and a conical structure disposed in the phantom. The conical structure is shaped as a frustum and emits Cherenkov radiation when exposed to ionizing radiation. The system can be used for calibration of an MR-Linac system by exposing the system to ionizing radiation. The Cherenkov radiation can be imaged during exposure to ionizing radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel A. Alexander, Jacqueline Andreozzi, Petr Bruza, Rongxiao Zhang, David J. Gladstone
  • Publication number: 20240054378
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for approximating a ground state or a Gibbs state of a k-local Hamiltonian using a quantum computer system. The procedure begins by providing a set of local generalised measurements corresponding to the terms of the k-local Hamiltonian. A set of data qudits is initialised into an initial state and a local generalised measurement is subsequently performed to perturb a subset of the data qudits from an initial state to a perturbed state. The perturbation is accepted or rejected based on a measurement outcome of the local generalised measurement. The perturbation and accept/reject steps are repeated unless or until a stopping condition is met. The result of the procedure is to provably drive the encoded Hamiltonian toward or even into a ground state or a Gibbs state, a useful starting point in many quantum algorithms, such as those relating to materials simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Toby CUBITT, Daniel ZHANG, Jan Lukas BOSSE
  • Patent number: 11901662
    Abstract: A connector housing includes a body defining an accommodating channel sized to receive a pin terminal, and a blocking structure formed in the accommodating channel and positioned to prevent a bent portion of a pin terminal from rebounding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qin (Candy) Xu, Hongbo (Daniel) Zhang, Jianding Du