Patents by Inventor Dylan T X Zhou

Dylan T X 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: 11571938
    Abstract: A hybrid VTOL jet car comprising a light weight floatable chassis adapted for carrying a payload, a retractable tail section attached to a light weight floatable chassis at the rear end adapted for stabilizing the hybrid VTOL jet car, a plurality of wheels at the bottom of the hybrid VTOL jet car, a plurality of retractable wings on the sides of light weight floatable chassis, adapted for maneuvering the hybrid VTOL jet car. Further features may include a plurality of thrust-producing engines adapted for generating the thrust required for driving the hybrid VTOL jet car on a surface as well as in the air and a plurality of parachutes attached to the hybrid VTOL jet car to safely land the hybrid VTOL jet car under emergency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew H B Zhou, Tiger T G Zhou, Dylan T X Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220073052
    Abstract: Provided is an artificial intelligence (AI) amphibious vertical take-off and landing modular hybrid flying automobile. The automobile may include a vehicle and a drone. The vehicle may include a vehicle body, a chassis, an engine, a transmission unit, a steering unit, a brake unit, an AI vehicle control unit, and one or more batteries. The vehicle may further include a wind turbine, a fuel cell stack, a hydrogen storage tank, an AI control unit, a plurality of sensors, and an obstacle detection module in communication with the plurality of sensors. The obstacle detection module may be configured to detect an obstacle and activate the brake unit. The drone may include a connection unit configured to releasably attach to a top of the vehicle body of the vehicle, a drone body, propellers configured to provide a vertical take-off and landing, and an AI drone control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dylan T X Zhou, Andrew H B Zhou, Tiger T G Zhou
  • Patent number: 10055714
    Abstract: Provided is a method for issuing single-use and multiple-use digital currency via a mobile and wearable device. The method may include receiving a currency issuance request from a user, prompting the user to enter a user authentication information, accessing a user account maintained by a currency issuer, generating the digital currency based on payment data of the user account, and providing the digital currency to the mobile and wearable device. The method may continue with receiving a transaction request from a merchant and matching merchant identification data provided by the user in the currency issuance request and merchant identification data provide by the merchant. If the match of the merchant identification data is determined, the method may continue with authorizing a payment transaction by transferring a payment amount from the digital currency to a merchant account associated with the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: WORLD AWARD ACADEMY, WORLD AWARD FOUNDATION, AMOBILEPAY, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew H B Zhou, Dylan T X Zhou, Tiger T G Zhou, Zhou Tian Xing, Mary M Z Xi
  • Publication number: 20180056743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid VTOL jet car comprising a light weight floatable chassis adapted for carrying a payload, a retractable tail section attached to a light weight floatable chassis at rear end adapted for stabilizing the hybrid VTOL jet car, a plurality of wheels at the bottom of the hybrid VTOL jet car, a plurality of retractable wings on the sides of light weight floatable chassis, adapted for maneuvering the hybrid VTOL jet car. Disclosed embodiments further comprising a plurality of thrust-producing engines adapted for generating the thrust required for driving the hybrid VTOL jet car on a surface as well as in the air and a plurality of parachutes attached to the hybrid VTOL jet car to safely land the hybrid VTOL jet car under emergency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew H. B. Zhou, Tiger T. G. Zhou, Dylan T. X. Zhou
  • Patent number: 9875513
    Abstract: Provided are equity crowdfunding platform for startup projects and methods of using thereof. An exemplary equity crowdfunding platform comprises an online service, a processor, and a database in communication with the online service and the processor. The online service is configured to receive information associated with a crowdfunding request from an owner of a startup project. The processor checks the information using a set of pre-defined rules to determine whether the startup project complies with the pre-defined rules. If the startup project related to the information complies with the pre-defined rules, the processor generates a crowdfunding request page for startup project using the information. The crowdfunding request page is provided to investors via the online service. The database is configured to store at least the information, the pre-defined rules, and the crowdfunding request page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Inventor: Dylan T X Zhou
  • Patent number: 9824349
    Abstract: Provided are computer implemented methods and systems for facilitating mobile device payments using barcodes displayed on mobile devices and scanned by merchants at checkout counters. When a customer is ready to tender a payment to a merchant, instead of using a credit card, cash, or check, the customer activates an application on his mobile device. The mobile device includes or obtains information about the payment system of this merchant. Furthermore, the mobile device includes or obtains information about the customer/mobile device user and then uses these two pieces of information to generate and display a barcode that encodes customer payment information specific to this merchant. The barcode is scanned at the checkout counter and processed to retrieve customer records from a database of the payment processing system. These records are then used to transfer funds between the merchant and customer, obtain discounts, and/or perform other retail transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: WORLD AWARD ACADEMY, WORLD AWARD FOUNDATION, AMOBILEPAY, INC.
    Inventors: Zhou Tian Xing, Dylan T X Zhou, Tiger T G Zhou, Andrew H B Zhou, Mary M Z Xi
  • Publication number: 20170300051
    Abstract: An amphibious VTOL unmanned aerial device, comprising, the cameras is adapted for providing a real-time first-person video and a real-time first-person view and normal footage video recording and 360-degree panoramic video recording used for virtual reality views and interactive video, the communication system to communicate with plurality of other devices Plurality of rotors, the rotors are adapted for creating the thrust, the solar panel is adapted for converting the solar energy to electrical use,the rear propeller is adapted for horizontal flight and also used as wind turbine to charge the batteries. The Al control device to control the various control surfaces and communication system, plurality of sensors, to detect the location of the drones, the stabilization system to stabilize the camera and the drone during the flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Dylan T X Zhou, Tiger T G Zhou, Andrew H B Zhou, Zhou Tian Xing
  • Patent number: D800118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Inventors: Zhou Tian Xing, Dylan T X Zhou, Tiger T G Zhou, Andrew H B Zhou
  • Patent number: D801222
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventors: Tiger T G Zhou, Dylan T X Zhou, Andrew H B Zhou
  • Patent number: D801856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Inventor: Dylan T X Zhou
  • Patent number: D803724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Dylan T X Zhou
  • Patent number: D806635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventor: Dylan T X Zhou
  • Patent number: D808861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Inventor: Dylan T X Zhou
  • Patent number: D809970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventor: Dylan T X Zhou
  • Patent number: D816522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Inventors: Tiger T G Zhou, Dylan T X Zhou, Andrew H B Zhou
  • Patent number: D821917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventors: Tiger T G Zhou, Dylan T X Zhou, Andrew H B Zhou
  • Patent number: D840396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Inventor: Dylan T X Zhou
  • Patent number: D856328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventors: Zhou Tian Xing, Dylan T X Zhou, Tiger T G Zhou, Andrew H B Zhou
  • Patent number: D951137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dylan T X Zhou, Andrew H B Zhou, Tiger T G Zhou
  • Patent number: D1008086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventors: Dylan T X Zhou, Andrew H B Zhou, Tiger T G Zhou